T 0232/14 (Method and apparatus for identifying, authenticating, tracking and tracing manufactured items/INEXTO SA) du 06.10.2020
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T023214.20201006
- Date de la décision
- 6 octobre 2020
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0232/14
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 09722519.7
- Classe de la CIB
- G06Q 30/00
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Distribuées aux présidents et aux membres des chambres de recours (B)
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- Décision en anglais
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- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
- METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING, AUTHENTICATING, TRACKING AND TRACING MANUFACTURED ITEMS
- Nom du demandeur
- INEXTO SA
- Nom de l'opposant
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- Chambre
- 3.5.01
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 111(1) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)
- Mots-clés
- Inventive step - determining ranges of unit identifiers (no
Inventive step - not technical and obvious)
Inventive step - technical effect of saving storage (no
Inventive step - bonus effect)
Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) - Exergue
- The Board judges that using ranges of unit identifiers to label a number of (consecutive) unit identifiers of manufactured items is, at the level of generality at which it is claimed, on the business side of the line between technical and non-technical subject-matter (see e.g. T 144/11 - Security rating System / SATO MICHIHIRO, points 2.1, and 3.6 to 3.9).(See point 2.5 of the reasons)
The ranges of unit identifiers do have a meaning for the business person. They correspond to batches of units produced on a production line. (See point 2.6 of the reasons)
Even if the "determining of ranges of unit identifiers" achieved a technical effect, such as reducing data storage and data bandwidth requirements, it is a matter of routine design for the skilled person, a software programmer or a database expert, based on common general knowledge to store the first and the last element of a list of items, instead of the whole list. (See point 2.9 of the reasons) - Affaires citantes
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.