T 0042/97 of 22.05.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T004297.20010522
- Date of decision
- 22 May 2001
- Case number
- T 0042/97
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 92103395.7
- IPC class
- H01L 21/306
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method for cleaning semiconductor products
- Applicant name
- OKMETIC OY
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 113 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention R 67 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty (yes) - claimed feature disclosed in the prior art as not suitable for its function stated in the claim
Inventive step (yes)
Procedural violation (no) - Catchword
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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 examining division with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the following patent application documents:
Description: Pages 1 to 6, as filed; Page 2a (to be inserted on page 2, between the first and second paragraph), filed on 17 December 1996;
Claims: Nos. 1 to 6, as filed.
3. The request for the reimbursement of the appeal fee is rejected.