T 0216/91 of 14.07.1993
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1993:T021691.19930714
- Date of decision
- 14 July 1993
- Case number
- T 0216/91
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 87301834.5
- IPC class
- H01L 31/08
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Ferroelectric film device and process for producing the same
- Applicant name
- MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes)
- Catchword
- Inventive step (yes), after clarifying that the effects to be produced are an inherent property of a device feature defined via a quantitatively measurable parameter.
- Cited cases
- T 0094/82
- Citing cases
- -
ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The decision of the Examining Division is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance in order to grant a patent on the basis of the following documents:
Claims:
1, filed 24 March 1993 and amended 8 June 1993;
2 and 3, filed 5 October 1992;
Description:
EP-A1-0 237 250, page 2, lines 1 to 34 (until "none of these"); page 2, line 49 (from "dependence") to page 6, line 15, and amended 8 June 1993;
pages 3, 3a, 3b filed 24 March 1993 and amended 8 June 1993;
Drawings:
Figures 1 to 6 according to EP-A1-0 237 250;
Figures 7 to 9 filed 18 July 1990.