Key points
- Statement of grounds filed 18.10.2013 in this examination appeal, summons in 2019, oral proceeding held 13.04.2021.
- “The invention concerns an interactive food and/or drink ordering system in a restaurant. The main idea is to project a menu onto the restaurant table (Figure 1). The table has a built-in track pad allowing the guest to select and order food and/or drinks from the menu.”
- Question for the readers: inventive or not?
- Figure 1 of the A publication is shown below:
- The fastest appeal handled by a Technical Board of Appeal in 2021 and dealing with the merits, was T0519/21 where the Board found a substantial procedural violation.
EPO
Link to the decision after the jump, as well as an extract of the decision text.
source http://justpatentlaw.blogspot.com/2022/03/t-225113-slowest-appeal-of-2021.html
