T 0385/06 () of 6.3.2008 | XEPC: EPC and PCT resource

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T038506.20080306

Date of decision:

06 March 2008

Case number:

T 0385/06

Application number:

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Decision text in EN (PDF, 56Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	Unpublished

Title of application:

Program signal identification data collector

Applicant name:

Nielsen Media Research, Inc.

Opponent name:

1. ARBITRON INC.
2. Intomart GfK Group B.V.
3. Liechti AG, Elektrische GerÃ¤te
4. TNS UK Limited

Board:

3.5.04

Headnote:

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention Art 101(3)(b)
European Patent Convention R 80
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(1)(c)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 100(a)

Keywords:

Inventive step - no

Catchwords:

see Reasons section 2 (amendments to a party's case) and point 3.4 (no synergistic effects of two collocated data collection portions)

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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t060385eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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