T 0616/96 of 05.07.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T061696.20010705
- Date of decision
- 5 July 2001
- Case number
- T 0616/96
- Online on
- 5 July 2001
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 90302870.2
- IPC class
- H01L 21/285
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Fabricating electrical contacts in semiconductor devices
- Applicant name
- STMicroelectronics Limited
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes) - no reasonable expectation of success - prior art teaching leading away from the claimed process
- Catchword
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- Cited 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 grant a patent on the basis of the documents as specified under item VI. above.