   Wednesday, 4 September 2013  Where can I buy a technical
effect? EPO BoA Decision T1670/07  The IPKat was alerted to the
Decision of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.1 of the European
Patent Office T 1670/07 Shopping with mobile device/NOKIA, of 11
July 2013, by a proprietary subscription service.  This led to a
bit of difficulty since although this moggy loves patent-related
matters, he is not so at home in the field of technically
excluded subject matter.  So he coerced persuaded his colleagues
Sam Town and Paul Beynon (thanks guys!) into writing this note
for him.  In the decision, the members of Technical Board of
Appeal 3.5.1 took it upon themselves to “clear up” what they
perceived to be some popular misconceptions that applicants hold
in regards to what makes an invention “technical”. In particular
the decision addressed that precarious area where a claimed
invention incorporates both technical and non-technical
features.  The application in question related to a method for
expediting shopping (I s