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Visae Patentes | 24. Januar 2012 — ... features of a claim can be considered as prior art upon examining inventive step – to the detriment of applicants (!). The second headnote of the Comvik decision ... particular question, Europe appears to be one step ahead of the US and other important ... would rejected this method for la…
Visae Patentes | 9. Februar 2011 — Amazon's European "one-click" (parent) patent EP 0 927 945 has been revoked in Opposition proceedings due to new matter and lack of inventive step. In the subsequent appeal before the EPO Appeal Board 3.5.01 under experienced Chairman S. Wibergh, this decision was set aside and the case was remitt…
Visae Patentes | 9. Februar 2011 — Amazon's European "one-click" (parent) patent EP 0 927 945 has been revoked in Opposition proceedings due to new matter and lack of inventive step. In the subsequent appeal before the EPO Appeal Board 3.5.01 under experienced Chairman S. Wibergh, this decision was set aside and the case was remitt…
Visae Patentes | 5. Februar 2011 — ... text on a mobile device (not inventive): In T 1110/08 of 14 ... Sharp Corporation due to lack of inventive step. This application relates to a ... teaching was thus considered novel and inventive over D1 and D6. MMS ... held that feature (a) has no inventive merit and that the technical .…
Visae Patentes | 5. Februar 2011 — ... text on a mobile device (not inventive): In T 1110/08 of 14 ... Sharp Corporation due to lack of inventive step. This application relates to a ... teaching was thus considered novel and inventive over D1 and D6. MMS ... held that feature (a) has no inventive merit and that the technical .…
Visae Patentes | 29. Dezember 2010 — ... thus refused due to lack of invention step (Art. 56 EPC) since the difference over prior art cannot contribute to inventive step. Claim 1 under appeal, comprising ... (cf feature d). With respect to inventive step, the Board found that " ... , the Board considered the claimed solution inventiv…
Visae Patentes | 5. November 2010 —In decision T 979/06 of 21 September 2010, Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.04 of the EPO had to decide on sufficient disclosure (Art. 123 EPC), clarity (Art. 84 EPC) and inventive step (Art. 56 EPC) of an invention relating to reducing luminance flicker in a video image sequence by means of a compute…
Visae Patentes | 5. November 2010 — ... EPO had to decide on sufficient disclosure (Art. 123 EPC), clarity (Art. 84 EPC) and inventive step (Art. 56 EPC) of an invention relating to reducing luminance flicker in a video image ... medium" will overcome the exclusion of Art. 52 (2), (3) EPC but will lack an inventive step purs…
Visae Patentes | 23. Oktober 2010 — ... features must not be considered for assessing inventive step (cf. T 641/00 "COMVIK ... (2) EPC 1973) and lack of inventive step (Art. 56 EPC 1973). The three oppositions were filed by Fleurop ... of Appeal because of lack of inventive step: The Board agrees that the ... technical considera…
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 — ... Business (B2B) portal is found not inventive over prior art document US ... non-technical features when assessing inventive step. However, the appellant argued ... non-technical “framework” (not contributing to inventive step) or a technical feature ... technical) these features cannot sup…
ipweblog.de | 4. Oktober 2010 — ... d) EPC. The present Board will therefore regard features that indicate non-technical conditions of the claimed system, such as data relating to a business undertaking, as not contributing to an inventive step. Schreibe einen Kommentar …
Visae Patentes | 26. April 2010 — ... of, the European Search Report, which was issued on 19 Aug 2005, only cited A-classified documents, i.e. prior art that does not oppose to novelty or inventive step but only serves as technical background. Proceed further according to Rule 70 (2) EPC has been declared on 23 Jan 2006, only seven…
Visae Patentes | 19. April 2010 — ... an argument that there is no "inventive step" in software development anyway. ... decision with some remarkable thoughts regarding inventive step of software-related inventions ... The actual argument is that the "inventive step" is in the algorithm; ... is simply the implementation of that …
Visae Patentes | 16. April 2010 — ... source model, and its proponents oppose it. A number of submitters argued that there is no 'inventive step' in software development, as 'new' software invariably builds on existing software. They felt that computer ... the claimed subject-matter solve a technical problem in a novel and i…
