| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T198314.20151123 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 23 November 2015 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1983/14 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 05075144.5 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G06Q 20/00 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Electronic point of sale apparatus for mobile telephone credit purchase and other products | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | January Patents Limited | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Navarra Retail Systems Ltd. An Post |
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| Board: | 3.5.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Priority - basis in priority document (no) - validity of priority date (no) Novelty - public prior use (no) |
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Article 123(3) EPC prevents the removal, after grant, of a problematic, limiting feature. The problem described in G 1/93 was a violation of Article 123(2) EPC. In the present case, it is lack of novelty due to loss of priority. See point 5.3 of the reasons. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t141983eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021