T 1468/21 of 01.04.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T146821.20250401
- Date of decision
- 1 April 2025
- Case number
- T 1468/21
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 17382543.1
- IPC class
- G07F 17/12
- 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 Article 056 EPC
- Application title
- AUTONOMOUS LOCKER WITH SYNCHRONIZED LOCK, SYSTEM AND PROCEDURE FOR THE DELIVERY AND COLLECTION OF GOODS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID LOCKER
- Applicant name
- Citibox Smart Services, S.L.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious solution
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) - Catchword
- Inputting a single piece of information, which represents feedback on a factual, objective situation from a user within a technical process and does not require any mental activity on the part of the user, i.e. no specific reaction by the user to information, does not immediately lead to a "broken technical chain fallacy" (Reasons 3.4.9 to 3.4.13).
- 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 with the order to grant a patent in the following version:
- Description: pages 1 to 11 received during oral proceedings before the board,
- Claims: No. 1 to 10 received during oral proceedings before the board,
- Drawings: sheets 1/3 to 3/3 filed in electronic form on 4 September 2017.