T 0126/97 of 30.11.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T012697.19991130
- Date of decision
- 30 November 1999
- Case number
- T 0126/97
- Online on
- 29 December 1999
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 88305705.1
- IPC class
- G02B 6/44
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Optical fibre cables
- Applicant name
- BICC Public Limited Company, et al.
- Opponent name
- Alcatel Kabel Beteiligungs - AG
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (yes) exclusion of hindsight
- Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.