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Visae Patentes | 24. Januar 2012 — ... as prior art upon examining inventive step – to the detriment of applicants (!). The second headnote of the Comvik decision T 641/00 puts this important finding like that: II. Although the technical problem to ... the status quo, i.e. the pragmatic problem-solution approach as sketched in…
Visae Patentes | 9. August 2011 — ... , pp. 93 to 102; pdf 5 MB). My personal conclusion is that, after twists and turns throughout the years, related EPO case law has now reached a rather stable situation providing legal certainty for applicants of software inventions, since the G 3/08 opinion basically affirmed the status quo, i.…
Visae Patentes | 4. November 2010 —I just came across the very interesting decision T 784/06 of an EPO Technical Board of Appeal, relating to the rather new scientific discipline of bioinformatics, i.e. the application of computing and mainly statistical methods to DNA sequencing, e.g within the framework of the Human Genome Project…
Visae Patentes | 4. November 2010 — ... EPO approach towards computer-implemented inventions (although with some "twists"), as presented in T 641/00 (Comvik, 1992) and recently confirmed in G 3/08 by the Enlarged Board of Appeals (see also here ... This so-called adapted problem/solution approach was developed in T 208/84 (Vicom) an…
Visae Patentes | 23. Oktober 2010 — ... as a computer or network is mentioned, whereas non-technical (e.g. purely business-related or organisational) features must not be considered for assessing inventive step (cf. T 641/00 "COMVIK"). Thus, a claim whose innovative contribution exclusively relates to business issues can immediately…
Visae Patentes | 17. Oktober 2010 —Electronic components shops in Guangzhou, CN, supplying local companies Case T 528/07, decided by the EPO’s Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.01 on 27 April 2010 is exceptionally interesting since it relates to not less than three interesting issues, namely the influence of the TRIPS agreement on the EP…
Visae Patentes | 17. Oktober 2010 — ... information resources. According to the pertinent “Comvik approach” (cf. T 641/00 " ... the appellant's opinion that the Comvik approach has to be modified in ... occasion, the Board clarified that the Comvik approach does not imply or result ... The Board explained further that the Comvik…
