8.3.6 Other

In T 632/10 the board pointed out that even if an invention happened to be obvious only for skilled persons of German nationality or residence, it would still lack an inventive step within the meaning of Art. 56 EPC 1973. The fact that the German Signature Law (SigV) was valid only within Germany thus had no bearing on its status as prior art or its relevance for the assessment of inventive step outside Germany.