T 0987/97 of 27.03.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T098797.20010327
- Date of decision
- 27 March 2001
- Case number
- T 0987/97
- Online on
- 17 April 2001
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 89312827.2
- IPC class
- H01J 49/42
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Mass spectrometer and method with improved ion transmission
- Applicant name
- MDS Inc.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Added subject-matter - no (after amendment)
- Catchword
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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 department of first instance with the order to grant a patent in the following version:
Claims: 1 to 13 filed in the oral proceedings,
Description: pages 1, 2 and 5 to 34 filed in the oral proceedings (note: pages 3 and 4 have been cancelled),
Drawings: Figures 2 to 19 as originally filed; Figure 1 as in the Rule 51(4) communication dated 30 June 1994.