European Patent Office

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
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Application number
05075144.5
IPC class
G06Q 20/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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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
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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.