T 0387/98 of 26.11.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T038798.19991126
- Date of decision
- 26 November 1999
- Case number
- T 0387/98
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 89102182.6
- IPC class
- G06K 19/06
- 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
- Articles incorporating non-continuous holographs and methods of making them
- Applicant name
- AMERICAN BANK NOTE HOLOGRAPHICS, INC.
- Opponent name
- Leonhard Kurz GmbH & Co.
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GmbH
Landis & Gyr Technology Innovation AG - Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 112(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (yes) after amendment
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) main request
Enlarged Board - referral (no) - Catchword
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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 matter is remitted to the first instance for further prosecution on the basis of the Respondent's auxiliary request taking into account that claims 1 and 23. are allowable.