T 0970/00 () of 15.9.2004

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T097000.20040915
Date of decision: 15 September 2004
Case number: T 0970/00
Application number: 96109616.1
IPC class: G02F 1/335
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 39 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Acousto-optic deflector device
Applicant name: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.4.02
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Keywords: Inventive step (yes) - ex-post facto assessment of the disclosure of the closest prior art
Catchwords:

Any attempt to interpret the disclosure of the closest prior art so as to distort or misrepresent, based on hindsight knowledge of the invention, the proper technical teaching of the disclosure in such a way that it artificially meets specific features recited in the claim under consideration must fail, especially as this would risk unfairly and tendentiously concealing the technical contribution of the invention and prejudice the subsequent objective determination of the technical problem solved by the claimed invention (point 4.1.2 of the Reasons).

Cited decisions:
T 0967/97
Citing decisions:
T 1040/03
T 0266/07
T 0908/10
T 1486/10

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t000970eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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