European Patent Office

T 1198/18 of 21.09.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T119818.20210921
Date of decision
21 September 2021
Case number
T 1198/18
Online on
24 September 2021
Petition for review of
-
Application number
03810514.4
IPC class
H01J 49/48
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
-
Abstracts for this decision
-
Application title
CHARGED PARTICLE SPECTROMETER AND DETECTOR THEREFOR
Applicant name
Kratos Analytical Limited
Opponent name
-
Board
3.4.03
Headnote
-
Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features
Catchword
-
Cited cases
-
Citing cases
-

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the examining division with the order to grant a patent in the following version:

- Description

- pages 1, 13 to 23 as published,

- page 2 filed with the letter of 17 August 2011,

- pages 3 to 12 of the main request filed with letter of 10 May 2021;

- Claims 1 to 8 of the main request filed with letter of 10 May 2021;

- Drawings, sheets 1/7 to 7/7 as published.