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Date of decision
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22 March 2006
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Case number
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T 0388/04
- 3.5.02
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Application number
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99126154.6
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Title of the application
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A method for responding to mail returned to a sender as
undeliverable
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Applicant name
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Pitney Bowes Inc.
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Headnote
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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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Keywords
Patentable inventions - business, extent of exclusion
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