T 0113/82 (Recording apparatus) of 22.06.1983
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1983:T011382.19830622
- Date of decision
- 22 June 1983
- Case number
- T 0113/82
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 79102637.0
- IPC class
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- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- Decision in English
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
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- Applicant name
- IBM
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
If, in order to proceed from the known art to the invention one needs to take a series of steps and the last step is not proved to be known from the prior art nor is it derivable therefrom even though it appears at first sight to be a very simple one, the presence of an inventive step cannot in general reasonably be denied.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - series of steps
Series of steps - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The decision of Examining Division dated 31 March 1982 is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to grant a European Patent on the basis of the following documents:
- description pages 2, 3, 4 and 5 received on 12 March 1983, page 1 as filed and original pages 4 to 8 renumbered as pages 6 to 10, each amended as set forth by appellants' letter of 7 March 1983 received on 12 March 1983;
- Claims 1 to 3 received on 12 March 1983;
- 3 sheets of drawings 1/3, 2/3 and 3/3 as filed.