T 0051/84 (Coded distinctive mark) of 19.03.1986
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1986:T005184.19860319
- Date of decision
- 19 March 1986
- Case number
- T 0051/84
- Online on
- 19 March 1986
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 80901066.3
- IPC class
- G06K 5/00
- Language of proceedings
- German
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
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- Applicant name
- Stockburger
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
1. Procedural steps involved in applying a coded distinctive mark to an object, providing the object with characteristic data and forming the distinctive mark by coding the characteristic data, may be carried out in any desired manner.
2. If a claim focuses solely on such procedural steps without indicating or presupposing technical means for carrying them out, a process of this kind will come under the heading of matter excluded from patentability by Article 52(2)(c) and (3) EPC and will not therefore be regarded as an invention within the meaning of Article 52(1) EPC.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52(2)(c) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(3) 1973
- Keywords
- Patentability
Exclusion
Mental acts - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.