T 1088/99 of 13.05.2004
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T108899.20040513
- Date of decision
- 13 May 2004
- Case number
- T 1088/99
- Online on
- 5 July 2004
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 92309939.4
- IPC class
- G03G 15/24
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Apparatus for and method of forming image
- Applicant name
- Oki Electric Industry Company, Limited
- Opponent name
- CANON INC.
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - main request (no)
First auxiliary request - added subject-matter (yes)
Inventive step - second auxiliary request (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 maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:
- claims to 1 to 10, filed as second auxiliary request during the oral proceedings;
- description, to be adapted;
- drawings, as granted.