| Date of decision
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26 September 2002
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| Case number |
T 0641/00 - 3.5.1
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| Application number |
92907791.5 |
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| Title of the
application |
Method in mobile telephone
systems in which a subscriber identity module (SIM) is allocated at least two
identities which are selectively activated by the user |
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| Applicant name |
COMVIK GSM AB |
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| Opponent name |
DeTeMobil Deutsche Telekom
MobilNet GmbH
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GmbH |
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Headnote
1. An invention consisting of a mixture of
technical and non-technical features and having technical character as a whole
is to be assessed with respect to the requirement of inventive step by taking
account of all those features which contribute to said technical character
whereas features making no such contribution cannot support the presence of
inventive step.
2. Although the technical problem to be solved
should not be formulated to contain pointers to the solution or partially
anticipate it, merely because some feature appears in the claim does not
automatically exclude it from appearing in the formulation of the problem. In
particular where the claim refers to an aim to be achieved in a non-technical
field, this aim may legitimately appear in the formulation of the problem as
part of the framework of the technical problem that is to be solved, in
particular as a constraint that has to be met. |
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Keywords
Inventive step (no)
Problem-and-solution approach: treatment of non-technical aspects
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