European Patent Office

T 0672/95 (Ceramic oxide superconductive composite material/SUMITOMO) of 24.03.2000

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T067295.20000324
Date of decision
24 March 2000
Case number
T 0672/95
Online on
4 December 2000
Petition for review of
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Application number
88104734.4
IPC class
H01L 39/12
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Ceramic oxide superconductive composite material
Applicant name
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LIMITED
Opponent name
Siemens AG
VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH, Hanau
Board
3.4.03
Headnote
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Keywords
Late-filed documents (admitted)
Added subject-matter (no)
Inventive step (yes) realization of problem contributes to the inventive step
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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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 department of the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following:

- claim 1 as filed during the oral proceedings before the Board on 24 March 2000

- claims 2 to 10 as filed during the oral proceedings before the opposition division on 9. May 1995;

- description page 5 as filed during the oral proceedings before the Board on 24 March 2000

- description pages 3, 4 and 6 as filed during the oral proceedings before the opposition division on 9 May 1995;

- Figures 1 and 2 of the patent as granted.