EPO, T 0528/07- computer system for providing a B2B-relationship portal

T 0528/07, 27 April 2010 – computer system for providing a B2B-relationship portal

Aus der Entscheidungsbegründung (zu Art. 52 (2) d) EPÜ):

Two different interpretations of decision T 115/85 exist in the jurisprudence: either the visual indications must concern technical conditions of the system in order to relate to a technical problem (T 833/91), or they may also concern non-technical conditions (T 717/05).

The present Board will follow the more restrictive approach according to which only technical conditions of a system can be taken into account. This line has also been taken in other decisions of the Boards of Appeal (see eg T 790/92, point 4.6; T 953/94, point 3.1; T 1161/04, point 4.5; T 1567/05, point 3.7; T 756/06, point 13). Moreover, the clear character of exception of this approach appears to be more consis…