T 0966/97 of 21.09.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T096697.19990921
- Date of decision
- 21 September 1999
- Case number
- T 0966/97
- Online on
- 5 October 1999
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 87311516.6
- IPC class
- G01N 25/18
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method to quantify thermal dissipative mechanisms in biomaterials
- Applicant name
- Bowmann, Harry Frederick, et al
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Clarity of the claims (yes, after amendment)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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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 first instance with the order to grant a patent as follows:
Claims: 1 to 19 as filed with the appellants' letter dated 1 June 1999;
Description: pages 2 to 4, 6, 8 and 10 to 26 as originally filed;
pages 1, 5, 5a, 7, 7a, 9 and 27 as filed with the appellants' letter dated 1 June 1999;
Drawings: page 1/1 as originally filed