European Patent Office

T 0160/98 of 12.12.2001

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T016098.20011212
Date of decision
12 December 2001
Case number
T 0160/98
Petition for review of
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Application number
89301057.9
IPC class
H01L 39/12
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Oxyde superconductive material
Applicant name
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Opponent name
HOECHST AG
Board
3.4.03
Headnote
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Keywords
Admissibility of the appeal (yes);
Main request and auxiliary request 1: sufficiency (no);
Auxiliary request 2: sufficiency (yes); novelty and inventive step (yes)
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 first instance to maintain the patent on the following documents:

Claims 1 and 2 according to the auxiliary request 2, filed on 3 December 2001;

Description:

Page 1 according to the auxiliary request 2, filed on 3. December 2001;

Pages 3, 4, 5 and 8 to 10 filed during the oral proceedings before the opposition division on 28. October 1997; and

Page 2, 6 and 7 filed during the oral proceedings on 12. December 2001.