T 1983/14 (Purchase of mobile top-up/JANUARY PATENTS LTD.) of 23.11.2015
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T198314.20151123
- Date of decision
- 23 November 2015
- Case number
- T 1983/14
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 05075144.5
- IPC class
- G06Q 20/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Electronic point of sale apparatus for mobile telephone credit purchase and other products
- Applicant name
- January Patents Limited
- Opponent name
- Navarra Retail Systems Ltd.
An Post - Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 54(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 87(1) 1973European Patent Convention R 115(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15(3)
- Keywords
- Priority - basis in priority document (no) - validity of priority date (no)
Novelty - public prior use (no) - Catchword
- Article 123(3) EPC prevents the removal, after grant, of a problematic, limiting feature. The problem described in G 1/93 was a violation of Article 123(2) EPC. In the present case, it is lack of novelty due to loss of priority. See point 5.3 of the reasons.
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.