T 0388/04 (Undeliverable mail/PITNEY BOWES) of 22.3.2006

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T038804.20060322
Date of decision: 22 March 2006
Case number: T 0388/04
Application number: 99126154.6
IPC class: G07B 17/00
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 30 KB)
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Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Published
Title of application: A method for responding to mail returned to a sender as undeliverable
Applicant name: Pitney Bowes Inc.
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.5.02
Headnote: 1. The extent to which subject-matter or activities are excluded from patentability under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC is notionally distinct from, and may be considered independently of, the question of inventive step.
2. Subject-matter or activities that are excluded from patentability under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC remain so even where they imply the possibility of making use of unspecified technical means.
3. Subject-matter or activities may be excluded from patentability under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC even where they have practical utility.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(3)
Keywords: Patentable inventions - business, extent of exclusion
Catchwords:

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T 0306/04
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T 0460/09
T 0907/09
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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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