T 1408/09 (Group identifier / SQUARE ENIX) of 07.09.2017
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T140809.20170907
- Date of decision
- 7 September 2017
- Case number
- T 1408/09
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 04009036.7
- IPC class
- G06F 17/60
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- System for exchanging mail among members belonging to group
- Applicant name
- Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix (also trading as Square Enix Co., Ltd.)
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step - uniquely identifying a group with a uid and time (no
Inventive step - obvious from UUID)
Inventive step - need for pointer to problem in closest prior art (no) - Catchword
- According to the problem solution approach, the objective technical problem is formulated based on the technical effect of the difference between the claimed subject-matter and the starting point in the prior art. It is not a requirement for obviousness that the starting point address this problem. If it does, that could make the solution all the more obvious. If, on the other hand, there is a pointer away from the invention, that might be an indication in favour of inventive step.
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.