T 0704/96 of 18.11.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T070496.19981118
- Date of decision
- 18 November 1998
- Case number
- T 0704/96
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91200396.9
- IPC class
- H01R 23/68
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Connector assembly for printed circuit boards
- Applicant name
- Framatome Connectors Belgium N.V.
- Opponent name
- The Whitaker Corporation
- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 113(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention R 67 1973
- Keywords
- Added subject-matter - no
Inventive step - yes (after amendment)
Reimbursement of the appeal fee - yes; procedural violation; right to be heard - 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 maintain the patent in amended form in the following version:
Claims: 1 to 15 filed in the oral proceedings
Description: columns 1 to 9 and sheet of inserts to columns 1 and 2, filed in the oral proceedings
Drawings: figures 1 to 4 of the patent specification and figures 5 to 16 as filed in the oral proceedings
3. The appeal fee is to be reimbursed.