T 0183/21 (Controlling the performance of a recommender system/BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS) of 29.09.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T018321.20230929
- Date of decision
- 29 September 2023
- Case number
- T 0183/21
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 13708214.5
- IPC class
- G06F 17/30H04N 21/466
- 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
- Abstract on EPC2000 Art 056
- Application title
- RECOMMENDER CONTROL SYSTEM, APPARATUS, METHOD AND RELATED ASPECTS
- Applicant name
- British Telecommunications public limited company
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (yes)
Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) - Catchword
- The board came to the conclusion that a technical effect was achieved by the subject-matter of a claim defining a method of automatically controlling the performance of a recommender system in a communications system, the communications system including a client device associated with a user to which the recommendations were provided, on average, over substantially the whole scope of the claim (reasons, points 9.1 and 9.2, but see also point 7).
- 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.