T 0201/97 of 03.03.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T020197.19990303
- Date of decision
- 3 March 1999
- Case number
- T 0201/97
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 87102796.7
- IPC class
- G11B 7/24
- 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
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Optical memory
- Applicant name
- Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Opponent name
- Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- G 0009/91
- Citing cases
- -
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 with:
- text A (description pages 2 to 8 and single claim) as filed in the oral proceedings before the Board and drawings (figures 1 to 4) of the patent specification for the contracting states DE, FR and GB;
- text B (description pages 2 to 8 and single claim) as filed in the oral proceedings before the Board and drawings (figures 1 to 4) of the patent specification for the contracting state NL.