T 0201/21 (Product authentication/TESI) of 08.04.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T020121.20250408
- Date of decision
- 8 April 2025
- Case number
- T 0201/21
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 15813909.7
- IPC class
- G06Q 30/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
- Abstract on Article 056 EPC
- Application title
- SYSTEM FOR GUARANTEEING AUTHENTICITY OF BRANDED GOODS
- Applicant name
- Tesi S.p.A.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (no)
- Catchword
- The general idea of protecting a transaction, here a registration, with a password is non-technical and also well known. The idea of using a predefined set of one-time passwords for user authentication also lacks technicality. Even when considered technical, it could not support an inventive step, as it corresponds to the well-known transaction authentication number (TAN) authentication procedure commonly used in online transactions. Using a server to store and verify the TAN numbers and distributing these on cards is a straightforward implementation of this known procedure.
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.