In T 519/12 the board held that it had to be expected of the skilled person that he would exercise his skills in the framework of technical standards in force in his field of activity. No inventive activity could be derived from a feature that simply reflected the contents of such a technical prescription.
Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/caselaw/2019/e/clr_i_d_9_19_2.htm
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021