European Patent Office

T 1543/06 (game machine/GAMEACCOUNT) of 29.06.2007

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T154306.20070629
Date of decision
29 June 2007
Case number
T 1543/06
Petition for review of
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Application number
02764683.5
IPC class
A63F 13/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
System and method for adding a skill aspect to games of chance
Applicant name
Gameaccount Limited
Opponent name
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Board
3.2.04
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 112(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973Judgment of the England and Wales Court of Appeal in re Aerotel Ltd. v Telco Holdings Ltd. (and others) and Macrossan's Patent Application [2006], ECWA Civ 1371
Keywords
Patentable inventions - technical and non-technical features
Patentable inventions - games
Inventive step - no (all requests)
Enlarged Board - request for referral - admissible (no)
Catchword
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The request for referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is rejected as inadmissible.

2. The appeal is dismissed.