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Date of decision
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15 September 2004
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Case number
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T 0970/00
- 3.4.2
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Application number
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96109616.1
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Title of the application
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Acousto-optic deflector device
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Applicant name
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MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Keywords
Inventive step (yes) - ex-post facto assessment of the
disclosure of the closest prior art
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Catchwords:
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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).
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