T 0605/97 (Liquid crystal display device/SHARP) du 31.05.2000
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T060597.20000531
- Date de la décision
- 31 mai 2000
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0605/97
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 88303653.5
- Classe de la CIB
- G02F 1/133
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Distribuées aux présidents et aux membres des chambres de recours (B)
- Téléchargement
- Décision en anglais
- Versions JO
- Aucun lien JO trouvé
- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
- Liquid crystal display device
- Nom du demandeur
- SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Nom de l'opposant
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. - Chambre
- 3.4.02
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 114(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
- Mots-clés
- Inventive step - main request and first to third auxiliary requests (no): obvious selection of known features
Meaning of substantially equal - Exergue
- As a rule, "technical equality" has the meaning of "identity within inevitable measurement errors or manufacturing tolerances". Hence, for a technical expert it goes without saying that those errors or tolerances are included if equality is stipulated in a technical sense The addition of "substantially" to "equal" only illustrates the technical facts for a layman or - in other words - translates those technical facts into daily language without changing their meaning. That is why "substantially" is frequently added as a matter of precaution in the patent field so as to avoid any misunderstanding by less technical readers. Technically speaking, the addition normally does not make any difference (see Reasons for the Decision, 6.2).
- Affaires citées
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- Affaires citantes
- T 0850/17
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.