T 0471/05 () of 6.2.2007

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T047105.20070206
Date of decision: 06 February 2007
Case number: T 0471/05
Application number: 98932446.2
IPC class: G02B 13/08
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 56 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: An optical system restraining aberrations within the maximum imaging volume
Applicant name: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., et al
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.4.02
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Keywords: Entitlement to patent protection of a method of designing an optical system: main and first auxiliary requests (no: subject-matter for which protection is sought not confined to physical, technical implementations) - second auxiliary request (yes)
Novelty and inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
G 0001/03
T 0453/91
T 0953/94
T 1173/97
T 0619/02
T 0914/02
T 0258/03
T 0388/04
T 0930/05
Citing decisions:
G 0003/08
G 0001/19
T 0625/11
T 0489/14

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