T 0218/88 of 18.09.1990
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1990:T021888.19900918
- Date of decision
- 18 September 1990
- Case number
- T 0218/88
- Online on
- 28 September 1990
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 81100254.2
- IPC class
- G02B 7/26
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Application title
- Optical fiber connectors
- Applicant name
- GTE laboratories Inc
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The appealed decision is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance, with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the following documents:
Claims 1 to 11 as filed on 21 July 1989, with obvious errors corrected as follows:
line 1: reference numeral 17' amended to 17 line 4: "focus" amended to "focal" line 6: reference numeral 17 amended to 18 line 10: "plactics" amended to "plastics".
Description - pages 1 to 5 and 14 filed on 21 July 1989; and pages 8 to 13 and 15 to 19 as originally filed; Drawings - Figures 1 to 4 as originally filed.