T 1556/16 (Magnetic field gradients / Weinberg) of 25.03.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T155616.20210325
- Date of decision
- 25 March 2021
- Case number
- T 1556/16
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 09767831.2
- IPC class
- G01R 33/38
- 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 AND METHOD FOR DECREASING BIO-EFFECTS OF MAGNETIC GRADIENT FIELD GRADIENTS
- Applicant name
- Weinberg, Irving
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
- Keywords
- Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes): limitation of range on the basis of an isolated value
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes): open- vs closed-ended ranges
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 1943/15
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The decision under appeal is set aside.
The case is remitted to the Examining Division with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the main request, submitted during oral proceedings before the Board, the original drawings, and a description to be adapted as necessary.