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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Issue 01/2007 of the Official Journal of the EPO has been Published on the EPO Website.

Today,

Issue 01/2007 of the Official Journal of the EPO has been published on the EPO website.

This issue comprises, inter alia, a

Decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.02 dated March 22, 2006, No. T 388/04 - 3.5.02 concerning "Patentable inventions - business, extent of exclusion":

"[...] I. The extent to which subject-matter or activities are excluded from patentability under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC is notionally distinct from, and may be considered independently of, the question of inventive step.

II. Subject-matter or activities that are excluded from patentability under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC remain so even where they imply the possibility of making use of unspecified technical
means.

III. Subject-matter or activities may be excluded from patentability under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC even where they have practical utility. [...]"

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