T 0388/04 (Undeliverable mail/PITNEY BOWES) of 22.03.2006
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T038804.20060322
- Date of decision
- 22 March 2006
- Case number
- T 0388/04
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 99126154.6
- IPC class
- G07B 17/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- Decision in English
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- A method for responding to mail returned to a sender as undeliverable
- Applicant name
- Pitney Bowes Inc.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
1. The extent to which subject-matter or activities are excluded from patentability under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC is notionally distinct from, and may be considered independently of, the question of inventive step.
2. Subject-matter or activities that are excluded from patentability under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC remain so even where they imply the possibility of making use of unspecified technical means.
3. Subject-matter or activities may be excluded from patentability under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC even where they have practical utility.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(3) 1973
- Keywords
- Patentable inventions - business, extent of exclusion
- Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 0258/03
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.