T 0154/04 (Estimating sales activity / DUNS LICENSING ASSOCIATES) du 15.11.2006

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence

ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T015404.20061115

Date de la décision

15 novembre 2006

Numéro de l'affaire

T 0154/04

Requête en révision de

Numéro de la demande

94912949.8

Classe de la CIB

G06F 15/21

Langue de la procédure

Anglais

Distribution

Publiées au Journal officiel de l'OEB (A)

Téléchargement

Décision en anglais

Versions JO

Autres décisions pour cet affaire

Résumés pour cette décision

Titre de la demande

Method of estimating product distribution

Nom du demandeur

DUNS LICENSING ASSOCIATES, L.P.

Nom de l'opposant

Chambre

3.5.01

Sommaire

I. Methods of business research are excluded "as such" from patentability under Article 52(2)(c) and (3) EPC.

II. Gathering and evaluating data as part of a business research method do not convey technical character to the business research method if such steps do not contribute to the technical solution of a technical problem.

Dispositions juridiques pertinentes

European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(b) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 52(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 52(3) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 54 1973 European Patent Convention Art 56 1973Judgement of the England and Wales Court of Appeal in re Aerotel Ltd v Telco Holdings Ltd (and others) and Macrossan´s Patent Application [2006] EWCA Civ 1371Judgement of the England and Wales Court of Appeal in re Genentech Inc.'s Patent [1989] R.P.C. 147Judgement of the German Federal Court of Justice X ZB 20/03 - elektronischer Zahlungsverkehr of 24 May 2004Judgement of the England and Wales Court of Appeal in re Aerotel Ltd v Telco Holdings Ltd (and others) and Macrossan´s Patent Application [2006] EWCA Civ 1371Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 16Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 31

Mots-clés

Requirement of invention - method, main request (no)
Requirement of invention - method, auxiliary request 1 (yes)
Inventive step - system, main and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (no)
Amendments - claim 1, auxiliary requests 4 and 5 (inadmissible)
Remittal for further prosecution (refused)
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (refused)

Exergue

Affaires citées

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Affaires citantes

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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.