T 0603/89 (Marker) of 3.7.1990

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1990:T060389.19900703
Date of decision: 03 July 1990
Case number: T 0603/89
Application number: 85904189.9
IPC class: G09B 15/02
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 628 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Published
Title of application: -
Applicant name: Beattie
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.4.01
Headnote: 1. If the subject-matter of a claim consists of a mix of technical elements (in the present case a marker) and of non- technical elements (in the present case information relating to the tones of the key of a keyboard instrument) the subject-matter as a whole is excluded from patentability under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC if the mix does not make use of technical means in order to solve a technical problem.
2. An improvement of a teaching method is not a technical problem but an improvement of a method for performing mental acts.
3. A supposed contradiction between the Guidelines and an intended decision of a Board of Appeal is no ground for referring a question to the Enlarged Board of Appeal.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(2)(d)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(3)
Keywords: Presentations of information as such
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
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Citing decisions:
G 0001/04
T 0144/90
T 0077/92
T 1086/07
T 1670/07
T 1742/12
T 2276/15
T 1994/16

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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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