European Patent Office

T 0712/14 (Portable acoustic monitor/Arbitron Inc.) of 26.06.2020

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T071214.20200626
Date of decision
26 June 2020
Case number
T 0712/14
Online on
12 November 2020
Petition for review of
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Application number
05734009.3
IPC class
G06Q 10/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
GATHERING DATA CONCERNING PUBLICATION USAGE AND EXPOSURE TO PRODUCTS AND/OR PRESENCE IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Applicant name
Arbitron Inc.
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step - indicating usage of a publication using a piezoelectric transducer and an acoustic transmitter (yes
Inventive step - non-obvious solution)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The decision under appeal is set aside.

The case is remitted to the examining division with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the main request filed during the oral proceedings before the Board and a description to be adapted thereto.