European Patent Office

T 0351/19 du 23.06.2022

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T035119.20220623
Date de la décision
23 juin 2022
Numéro de l'affaire
T 0351/19
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
15183537.8
Langue de la procédure
Anglais
Distribution
Distribuées aux présidents des chambres de recours (C)
Téléchargement
Décision en anglais
Versions JO
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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
AUTOMATED SESSION CLOSING UPON LOCATION-SENSED DEPARTURE
Nom du demandeur
NCR Corporation
Nom de l'opposant
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Chambre
3.4.03
Sommaire
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Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Mots-clés
Inventive step - main request (no)
Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)
Exergue
According to the Comvik approach the non-technical features of a claim may be incorporated into a goal to be achieved in a non-technical field. Subsequently, the approach invokes what might be described as the legal fiction that this goal, including the claimed non-technical features, would be presented to the skilled person, who would be charged with the task of technically implementing a solution which would achieve the stated goal. The question whether the skilled person would "arrive" at the non-technical features does not therefore arise, as these features have been made known to the skilled person, as part of the goal to be achieved. The relevant question for the assessment of inventive step is whether it would be obvious for the skilled person to implement a technical solution corresponding to the claimed subject-matter (Reasons, point 3.12).
Affaires citées
T 0641/00T 2429/17
Affaires citantes
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed