T 0066/97 of 09.01.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T006697.19980109
- Date of decision
- 9 January 1998
- Case number
- T 0066/97
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 92106248.5
- IPC class
- G02B 6/255
- 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
- Method for connecting optical fibers
- Applicant name
- SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (yes) after amendment
- Catchword
- -
- 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 first instance with the order to grant a patent in the following version:
Description:
Pages 1, 6 as originally filed; Page 2 as filed with the letter of 28. November 1997;
Pages 3, 3a, 4 and 5 as filed with the letter of 17 December 1997, and with correction of the insertion "as shown in Fig. 3" in the last paragraph of page 5 to read "as shown in Fig. 4".
Claims:
Nos. 1 to 3 as filed with the letter of 28. November 1997.
Drawings:
Sheets 1/2 - 2/2 as originally filed.