tii 258/03

tii 258/03, jise nilami vidhi/hitachi key roop mein bhee jaanaa jaataa haye, europeeya patent karyalaya (ee. pee. oh.) key appeal key ack takniki board kaa nirnay haye, joe 21 aprail, 2004 koo jaari kiya gayaa thaa. yeh europeeya patent sammelan (ee. pee. see.) key anuchhed 52 (1) aur (2) kii vyakhya karane key liye ack aitihaasik nirnay haye, joe tii 641/00 ("comic, dou pehchaan") mein ack hii board dwara sujhaae gaye siddhanton parr banaaya gayaa haye. iss nirnay ney, anya nirnayon key beach, lekin vishesh roop seey iss ack aur tii 641/00 ney ack aavishkaar key takniki charitra aur aavishkaarsheel kadam key mulyankan koo kaafee prabhaavit kiya.
isane mukhya roop seey kahaa kii "takniki sadhanon seey yukt ack vidhi [thee] anuchhed 52 (1) ee. pee. see. key arth key bheetar ack aavishkaar thaa" aur yeh tii 931/95 (pension laabh pranali saajhedaari) key saath itna virodhabhas bataata haye, jisamen kahaa gayaa thaa kii "kewal tathya yeh haye kii detta prasanskaran aur computing kaa arth haye, i.ee. takniki saadhan, [they] ack vidhi mein paath kiya gayaa daavaa [kiya] aavashyak roop seey daavaa kii gaee vidhi koo ack takniki charitra pradaan naheen kartaa thaa. tii 258/03 anuchhed 52 (2) epc kii patent yogyata pariksha key liye upkaran aur vidhi key daavon koo samaan aadhar parr rakhein.
dusare shabdon mein, iss nirnay mein appeal board ney "nae pareekshan kaa maarg ingit kiya aur tark diyaa kii ee. pee. see. key anuchhed 52 (1) mein nirdhaarit patent yogya aavishkaron kii paribhasha mein 'aavishkaar' shabd koo kewal 'takniki charitra vaale vishay' key roop mein samajha jaanaa thaa. iss prakaar, ack vyaavsaayik vidhi key daave mein computer hardware kii upasthiti, ack takniki charitra pradaan karna, abb takniki yogdan kii parwah kiye binaa, vyaavsaayik vidhi kii apatti koo door karane key liye paryaapt hoga."
patent yogya vishay-vastu parr tark.
pareekshan key tahat aavedan mein aavishkaar "server computer mein nishpaadit swachaalit dutch nilami vidhi" seey sambandhit haye.
appeal board ney pahale yeh spasht kiya kih
natijatan, aur ee. pee. see. kii sanrachana koo dhyaan mein rakhate hue, board ney kahaa kii "yeh nirdhaarit karna sambhav honah chaahiye kii kyaa vishay-vastu koo kalaa kii sthiti (samanya samanya gyaan sahit) key kissy bhee gyaan key binaa anuchhed 52 (2) ee. pee. see. key tahat baahar rakhaa gayaa haye.
iss drishtikon ney pushti kii kii ee. pee. oh. key appeal boardon ney "yogdan drishtikon" koo chhod diyaa haye, jisamen yeh taya karna shamil haye kii kyaa ack daavaa kiya gayaa vishay-vastu ack aavishkaar haye, yeh taya karke kii kyaa yeh ack aise kshetra mein kalaa mein yogdan koo aage laaya haye jise patent seey baahar rakhaa gayaa haye, aur isaliye iss pahale kadam key dauran swabhavik roop seey poorv kalaa koo dhyaan mein rakhate hue. 
board ney taba iss tathya kii pushti kii kii takniki aur gair-takniki visheshtaon kaa mishran patent yogya hoe sakata haye, aur anuman lagaaya kii "takniki aur gair-takniki visheshtaon seey yukt anuchhed 52 (2) ee. pee. see. vishay-vastu key tahat incar naheen karane kaa ack sammohak kaaran yeh haye kii takniki visheshataaen anuchhed 52 (1) ee. pee. see. kii sabhi aavashyaktaon koo puuraa karane key liye apane aap mein badal sakati hain." 
isaliye, ack upkaran daavaa jisamen spasht roop seey takniki visheshtaen shamil hain jaise kii "server computer", "client computer" aur ack "network" lekh 52 (1) ee. pee. see. (jaisa kii tii 931/95 mein rakhaa gayaa haye) key arth key bheetar ack aavishkaar haye. lekin, board ney yeh bhee maanaa kii yeh drishtikon vidhi daavon parr bhee lagu hotaa haye, iss prakaar tii 931/95 seey hatkar. board ney nimnalikhit vishleshan key saath ise uchit thaharaayaah 
ee. pee. see. key tahat patent yogya vishay-vastu kii pariksha key liye samanya dishaanirdeshon key roop mein kyaa dekhaa jaa sakata haye, taba kahaa gayaa yaa pushti kii gaeeh 
parinam.
anuchhed 52 (1) ee. pee. see. mein "aavishkaar" shabd kii iss "tulanaatmak roop seey vyaapak vyakhya mein aisee gatividhiyaan shamil hongi joe itani parichit hain kii unake takniki charitra koo andekha curr diyaa jaataa haye, jaise kii kalam aur kagaj kaa upayog karke likhane kaa kaary."halanki, jaisa kii board ney kahaa," iska matlab yeh naheen haye kii takniki sadhanon key upayog seey judey sabhi tareeke patent yogya hain. unhein abhee bhee nayaa honah chaahiye, ack takniki samasya key liye ack gair-spasht takniki samadhan kaa pratinidhitva karna chaahiye, aur audyogik anuprayog key prati atisamvedansheel honah chaahiye."
aavishkaarsheel kadam parr tark.
haalaanki inn daavon koo anuchhed 52 (1), (2) aur (3) ee. pee. see. key arth key bheetar aavishkaar maanaa gayaa thaa, lekin unamen aavishkaarsheel kadam kii kamee paaee gaee. aavedan aswikar curr diyaa gayaa.
adhik sateek roop seey, aavishkaar koo takniki aur gair-takniki visheshtaon key mishran key roop mein dekhaa gayaa thaa, aur kewal una visheshtaon koo dhyaan mein rakhate hue aavishkaratmak kadam kii aavashyakta key sambandh mein mulyankan kiya gayaa thaa joe ack takniki charitra mein yogdan karati hain (tii 641/00 key siddhanton key anusaar). daavaa kii gaee vidhi kaa koee bhee charan iss tarah seey design naheen kiya gayaa thaa kii "computer parr pradarshan key liye vishesh roop seey upayukt hoe" taaki yeh aavishkaratmak charan mein takniki tareeke seey yogdan dey sakey. ack vishesh vidhi charan joe takniki yogdan seey yukt ack ummidwar hoe sakata haye, board dwara "kushal vyakti kii pahunch key bheetar ack niyamit prograaming upaay" key parinamswarup paaya gayaa thaa.

