T 0958/03 (Purchase incentives/CATALINA MARKETING) of 17.1.2007

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T095803.20070117

Date of decision:

17 January 2007

Case number:

T 0958/03

Application number:

98941014.7

IPC class:

G06F 17/60

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Decision text in EN (PDF, 37Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	Unpublished

Title of application:

Method and apparatus for generating purchase incentives based on price differentials

Applicant name:

CATALINA MARKETING CORPORATION

Opponent name:

Board:

3.5.01

Headnote:

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 23(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10b(1)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10b(3)
BGH X ZB 15/98-Sprachanalyseeinrichtung
BGH X ZR 43/91-Tauchcomputer

Keywords:

Marketing policy - contribution to technical character (no)
Objective problem - inclusion of non-technical innovation (yes)
Technical implementation - obvious (yes)

Catchwords:

Cited decisions:

T 0026/86
T 0769/92
T 0641/00
T 0258/03
T 0531/03

Citing decisions:

T 0506/06

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t030958eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021