"A method for generating a summary of photos from a plurality of received photos (115) taken by a digital camera (107), characterized by the steps of:Ĭlassifying the received photos (115) into at least two categories according to predefined attributes, wherein the predefined attributes comprise face information The appellant's final requests were that the contested decision be set aside and that a patent be granted on the basis of the set of claims underlying the decision under appeal.
At the end of the oral proceedings, the chair pronounced the Board's decision. Oral proceedings were held on 24 July 2019. The appellant did not reply in writing to the Board's preliminary opinion. The features distinguishing the subject-matter of claim 1 from the prior art were considered to reflect non-technical aims. In a communication accompanying a summons to oral proceedings, the Board expressed its preliminary opinion that the subject-matter of the claims lacked inventive step over the disclosure of document D6. Oral proceedings were requested as an auxiliary measure. In the statement of grounds of appeal, the appellant requested that the decision be set aside and that a patent be granted on the basis of the claims considered in the decision under appeal. 09177618.7 for lack of inventive step (Articles 52(1) and 56 EPC) in the subject-matter of all claims of a sole request over prior art document D6: US 2004/0161224 A1, published on 19 August 2004.
The appeal lies from the decision of the Examining Division to refuse European patent application No. Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Systems and methods for summarizing photos based on photo information and user preference Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Registerīibliographic information is available in:
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