[Patents] consultation questions

[pb@breese.fr (Pierre Breese)]

> CE MESSAGE EST AU FORMAT MIME. Comme votre lecteur de courrier ne comprend 
> pas
ce format, il se peut que tout ou partie de ce message soit illisible.

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> (i) The formulation of an idea or of a problem to be solved (the
> solution being obvious once the problem is clearly stated).
> 
This is a way of verifying if the claimed embodiment is obvious or not.
> Example: the problem of indicating to the driver of a motor vehicle at
> night the line of the road ahead by using the light from the vehicle
> itself. As soon as the problem is stated in this form the technical
> solution, viz. the provision of reflective markings along the road
> surface, appears simple and obvious. For another example see T 2/83,
> OJ 6/1984, 265.
> 
This says that the TECHNICAL SOLUTION will be patented, not the "IDEA"...

Pierre 

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&gt; (i) The formulation of an idea or of a problem to be solved (the<BR>
&gt; solution being obvious once the problem is clearly stated).<BR>
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</FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE=3D"2">This is a way of verifying if the claimed embo=
diment is obvious or not.<BR>
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF">&gt; Example: the problem of indicating to the driver=
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&gt; night the line of the road ahead by using the light from the vehicle<B=
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&gt; itself. As soon as the problem is stated in this <B>form the technical=
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&gt; solution</B>, viz. the provision of reflective markings along the road=
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&gt; OJ 6/1984, 265.<BR>
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</FONT>This says that the TECHNICAL SOLUTION will be patented, not the &quo=
t;IDEA&quot;...<BR>
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Pierre</FONT>
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