T 0767/21 (Blockchain generation method/NIPPON) of 10.10.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T076721.20231010
- Date of decision
- 10 October 2023
- Case number
- T 0767/21
- Online on
- 18 December 2023
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 16864198.3
- IPC class
- G06Q 20/22G06Q 20/06
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- BLOCK CHAIN GENERATION DEVICE, BLOCK CHAIN GENERATION METHOD, BLOCK CHAIN VERIFICATION DEVICE, BLOCK CHAIN VERIFICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM
- Applicant name
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - a blockchain consensus protocol that alternates between two parameters: proof of stake and the number of counterparties a miner has transacted with (no
Inventive step - not technical) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.