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T 388/04 - Undeliverable mail/PITNEY BOWES

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Reference numbers
Case number: 
T 388/04
Headword: 
Undeliverable mail/PITNEY BOWES
Application number: 
99126154.6
Publication number: 
1022691
Date of the Decision: 
2006-03-22
Additional Case Information
Title of the invention: 
A method for responding to mail returned to a sender as undeliverable
IPC: 
G07B17/00
Keyword: 
Patentable inventions - business, extent of exclusion
Applicant: 
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Chairman of the Board: 
Wheeler, W.
Members of the Board: 
Ruggiu, M.
Members of the Board: 
Mühlens, P.
Cites (case law): 
T 258/03 - Auction method/HITACHI
Language of the proceedings: 
EN
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.