T 0943/93 () of 30.8.1994

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1994:T094393.19940830
Date of decision: 30 August 1994
Case number: T 0943/93
Application number: 85305572.1
IPC class: H01S 3/23
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 720 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Optical amplification
Applicant name: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
Opponent name: Siemens AG
Board: 3.4.01
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Keywords: Novelty (yes): no inevitable working of the nearest prior art within the wavelengths region claimed
Inventive step (yes): non-obvious application of unforeseeable interdependence of parameters
Catchwords:

A hypothetical possibility of operating within the claimed region per se is legally not sufficient to destroy the novelty of this region, in particular not if the skilled person has no technical motive and thus no practical necessity to work within this region (see paragraph 2.5, page 14).

Cited decisions:
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Citing decisions:
T 0810/00
T 0037/01
T 0892/05
T 1165/13

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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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