T 1049/19 of 13.12.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T104919.20221213
- Date of decision
- 13 December 2022
- Case number
- T 1049/19
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 11827473.7
- IPC class
- G06Q 30/02G06F 21/62
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE IMPRESSIONS USING DISTRIBUTED DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
- Applicant name
- The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 52(2)(c)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features
Inventive step - closest prior art
Inventive step - skilled person
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no)
Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) - Catchword
- If the claimed non-technical features do not interact with claimed technical features such that they produce a further technical effect, for the assessment of inventive step one may
- either include the corresponding aim to be achieved in a non-technical field in the formulation of the problem as part of the framework of the technical problem that is to be solved,
- or else take the corresponding business scenario as the starting point for the problem and solution approach (see reasons 3.2.2). - 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 for further prosecution.