| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T122705.20061213 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 13 December 2006 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1227/05 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 01964907.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G06F 7/00 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | DE | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Infineon Technologies AG | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.5.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | I. Simulation of a circuit subject to 1/f noise constitutes an adequately defined technical purpose for a computer-implemented method functionally limited to that purpose (point 3.1). II. Specific technical applications of computer-implemented simulation methods are themselves to be regarded as modern technical methods which form an essential part of the fabrication process and precede actual production, mostly as an intermediate step. In that light, such simulation methods cannot be denied a technical effect merely on the ground that they do not yet incorporate the physical end product (point 3.4.2). |
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| Keywords: | Computer-implemented method with mathematical steps for simulating the performance of a circuit subject to 1/f noise - technical character (yes) Undefined technical purpose - adequate for clarity (no) |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t051227ep1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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