T 2040/14 (Providing prepaid gift cards to devices with or without NFC capability/ MasterCard International Incorporated) of 12.02.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T204014.20210212
- Date of decision
- 12 February 2021
- Case number
- T 2040/14
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 09807223.4
- IPC class
- G06Q 20/00G06Q 40/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR ELECTRONICALLY DELIVERING A PREPAID CARD TO A MOBILE DEVICE
- Applicant name
- MasterCard International Incorporated
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step - querying a dedicated server to determine whether a mobile device is NFC enabled (yes
Inventive step - no hint in prior art) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 1503/12
- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the examining division with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the following documents:
- Claims 1 to 13 filed as the final main request during the oral proceedings before the Board,
- Description pages 1 to 15 (clean version) filed during the oral proceedings before the Board,
- Drawings as published.