T 2101/12 (Authentication binding document with signature/VASCO) of 24.01.2018
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T210112.20180124
- Date of decision
- 24 January 2018
- Case number
- T 2101/12
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 08101403.7
- IPC class
- G06F 21/24
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Method and system for providing an electronic signature
- Applicant name
- Vasco Data Security International GmbH
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Guidelines_G-VII, 2Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 20
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (no)
- Catchword
- Article 54(2) EPC does not exclude non-technical disclosures from the prior art, in disagreement with Catchword 2 of T 172/03.
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The request for referral of questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is refused.
2. The appeal is dismissed.