T 0185/86 of 19.10.1989
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1989:T018586.19891019
- Date of decision
- 19 October 1989
- Case number
- T 0185/86
- Online on
- 6 November 1989
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 82102518.6
- IPC class
- G06K 7/14
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Systematic error correction in bar code scanner
- Applicant name
- IBM Corp.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- inventive step (yes)
- Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- -
- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The application is remitted to the first instance with the order to grant a European patent on the basis of the following documents:
Description
Pages 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 16, 19 as originally filed (as published),
Pages 2, 3 , 3A, 4, 6, 9, 12-15, 17, 18 as filed on 10 August 1989 with letter dated 1 August 1989, with the words "Then the total width of the first character" being inserted between "first character" and "is divided by" in line 6 of the last paragraph of page 3, and the words "on which the preamble of Claim 1 is based", being inserted at the end of line 4 on page 3.
Claims
1-3 as filed on 10 August 1989 with letter dated 1 August 1989, with the word "where" being inserted on line 2 of Claim 2 between "label" and "first" and the words "select decimal characters 0, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and to" being inserted at the end of line 3 of that claim.
Drawings
Sheets 1/5 to 3/5 as originally filed (as published),
Sheets 4/5 and 5/5 as filed on 10 August 1989 with letter dated 01 August 1989.