| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T059899.20021217 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 17 December 2002 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0598/99 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 92108288.9 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | H01L 21/00 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Method and apparatus for cooling wafers | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Institute of Technological Information, Inc. | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.4.03 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Novelty (yes - after amendment) Inventive step (yes - after amendment) Amendment - an amendment made before grant and not objected to in the notice of opposition cannot in the absence of the patent proprietor's consent be examined by the Board (point 3.2.1) Reformatio in peius - where the patentee is the sole appellant the principle of reformatio in peius cannot serve to protect the opponent respondent from being in a worse position than he was in before the appeal |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t990598eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021