European Patent Office

T 0113/82 (Recording apparatus) du 22.06.1983

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:1983:T011382.19830622
Date de la décision
22 juin 1983
Numéro de l'affaire
T 0113/82
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
79102637.0
Classe de la CIB
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Langue de la procédure
Anglais
Distribution
Publiées au Journal officiel de l'OEB (A)
Téléchargement
Décision en anglais
Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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Résumés pour cette décision
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Titre de la demande
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Nom du demandeur
IBM
Nom de l'opposant
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Chambre
3.2.01
Sommaire

If, in order to proceed from the known art to the invention one needs to take a series of steps and the last step is not proved to be known from the prior art nor is it derivable therefrom even though it appears at first sight to be a very simple one, the presence of an inventive step cannot in general reasonably be denied.

Mots-clés
Inventive step - series of steps
Series of steps
Exergue
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Affaires citées
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ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

1. The decision of Examining Division dated 31 March 1982 is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to grant a European Patent on the basis of the following documents:

- description pages 2, 3, 4 and 5 received on 12 March 1983, page 1 as filed and original pages 4 to 8 renumbered as pages 6 to 10, each amended as set forth by appellants' letter of 7 March 1983 received on 12 March 1983;

- Claims 1 to 3 received on 12 March 1983;

- 3 sheets of drawings 1/3, 2/3 and 3/3 as filed.