T 2465/19 of 13.07.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T246519.20230713
- Date of decision
- 13 July 2023
- Case number
- T 2465/19
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 09812501.6
- IPC class
- H01L 29/24H01L 29/737H01L 21/331
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- Abstract on EPC2000 Art 056Abstract on Art 13(2) RPBA 2020
- Application title
- SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH CURRENT SHIFTING REGIONS AND RELATED METHODS
- Applicant name
- Wolfspeed, Inc.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative
Amendment after summons - filed on express invitation from the Board
Amendment after summons - not detrimental to procedural economy
Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) - Catchword
- Admittance under Article 13(2) RPBA of claims and an adapted description filed as a response to the express invitation of the Board in its communication under Article 15(1) RPBA to file such amended application documents (Reasons 3).
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 European patent in the following version:
Description, Pages
2, 7-8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17-18, 25-26 as published
1, 11, 14, 16, 20, 23 as filed with letter dated 7 February 2012
3, 3a, 4, 6 as filed with letter dated 9 October 2013
5, 9, 19, 21, 22, 24 as filed with letter dated 5 June 2023
Claims, Numbers
1-13 as filed with letter dated 5 June 2023
Drawings, Sheets
1-6 as published