T 3003/18 of 12.02.2020
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T300318.20200212
- Date of decision
- 12 February 2020
- Case number
- T 3003/18
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 14166143.9
- IPC class
- G02B 6/38
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Fiber optic plug
- Applicant name
- Corning Optical Communications LLC
- Opponent name
- Meyer, Claudia
Electroson Telecomunicacion, S.A.
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 101(3)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 76(1)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 42(1)(c)European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
- Keywords
- Admission of amended request filed during oral proceedings (yes)
Added subject-matter (no)
Amendments - Clarity (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Compliance of amendments to the description with Rule 80, under consideration of Article 101(3) EPC (yes)
Novelty and inventive step (amended claims, yes) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
- T 0697/22
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
- Claims: 1 to 3 according to the sole request filed as seventh auxiliary request during the oral proceedings of 12 February 2020,
- Description: Pages 2 and 5 to 8 of the patent specification, and pages 3 and 4 marked "18:12" and filed during the oral proceedings of 12 February 2020,
- Drawings: Figures 1 to 12 of the patent specification.