T 0404/93 of 28.09.1994
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1994:T040493.19940928
- Date of decision
- 28 September 1994
- Case number
- T 0404/93
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 88908517.1
- IPC class
- H01R 13/18
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Electrical receptacle terminal
- Applicant name
- AMP Incorporated
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 158(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 158(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention R 104b(1)(b) 1973European Patent Convention R 104b(1)(b)(ii) 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - yes (after amendment)
PCT applications on state of the art - designation fees paid for only some Contracting States in European phase - Art. 54(3) EPC not citable for the other Contracting States - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to grant a patent for the Contracting States IT, NL and SE only (see paragraph 3 above), on the basis of:
Claims 1 to 3, as filed on 31 August 1994, with correction of the obvious clerical error in Claim 1 (see paragraph 14 above);
Description: pages 1 to 5 as originally filed, subject to the following amendment on page 1:
delete lines 27 to 36 and substitute "The present invention consists in an electrical terminal as defined in claim 1. EP-A-0 196 367 discloses a terminal according to the preamble of claim 1.";
Drawings: sheet 1/1 as originally filed.