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From: Hartmut Pilch <phm@a2e.de>
To: patents@aful.org
Subject: Re: [Patents] EPO T258/03: business methods patentable
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:08:54 +0200 (CEST)

> Our European Associate advises that the EPO Technical Board of Appeal,
> in the recent Hitachi decision T258/03, has extended the teaching of the
> Pensions Benefit case, T931/95, to say that methods of doing business
> are potentially patentable provided the claimed method contains
> technical features.

The word "potentially" is a redundant expression of bad conscience.

See more at

        http://kwiki.ffii.org/EpoT030258En

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Hartmut Pilch, FFII & Eurolinux Alliance              tel. +49-89-18979927
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EPO T258/03: business methods patentable, Hartmut Pilch
- Re: [Patents] EPO T258/03: business methods patentable, Hartmut Pilch
- Re: [Patents] EPO T258/03: business methods patentable, Jonas Maebe

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