T 1303/07 (Selection of internet routing paths/LUCENT) of 15.02.2011
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T130307.20110215
- Date of decision
- 15 February 2011
- Case number
- T 1303/07
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 05255905.1
- IPC class
- H04L 12/56
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method and device for selecting internet routing paths
- Applicant name
- LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 106 1973European Patent Convention Art 107 1973European Patent Convention Art 108 1973European Patent Convention Art 113(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 114(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests (no)
Direct and unambiguous disclosure - second auxiliary request (no) - Catchword
- Considering a well-known problem as an additional and aggregated criterion in a selection process does not involve an inventive step if the claimed solution merely consists in testing whether this problem occurs. The claimed solution circumvents the known problem, but does not solve it by technical means, and therefore does not require an inventive step (see reasons, point 4.1).
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.