T 0005/98 of 21.01.2002
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T000598.20020121
- Date of decision
- 21 January 2002
- Case number
- T 0005/98
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 88115207.8
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Non-destructive optical trap for biological particles and method of doing same
- Applicant name
- AT&T Corp
- Opponent name
- Palm GmbH
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Claim 1 (main and auxiliary request) - lack of inventive step (confirmed)
- Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- G 0004/95
- Citing cases
- -
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.