T 0589/17 (Guiding the user to a shop/SONY) of 20.04.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T058917.20210420
- Date of decision
- 20 April 2021
- Case number
- T 0589/17
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 09252240.8
- IPC class
- G06Q 20/00
- 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
- -
- Application title
- Shop terminal and information processing server
- Applicant name
- Sony Group Corporation
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - guiding customer to make a purchase (no
Inventive step - non-technical)
- using POS information at server to check if customer has followed guidance (no - obvious implementation)
- transmitting bonus to customer's phone (no - obvious implementation) - Catchword
- -
- Citing cases
- T 0288/19
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.