T 0862/10 (Notification system/MICROSOFT) of 15.5.2013

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T086210.20130515
Date of decision: 15 May 2013
Case number: T 0862/10
Application number: 04755824.2
IPC class: G06F 9/46
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 152 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Positioning and rendering notification heralds based on user's focus of attention and activity
Applicant name: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.5.06
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 84
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Keywords: Inventive step (main request) - no
Inventive step (auxiliary request 1) - yes
Clarity (Claims 1 and 24 of auxiliary request 1) - yes
Clarity (Claims 2 to 23 and 25 to 53 of auxiliary request 1) - no
Catchwords:

The choice of where to put an object on a computer display depending on a value assigned to that object (its "urgency") can not be considered to have a further technical effect. Furthermore, the movement of the object on the display in response to a change of said value is also considered not to have a further technical effect (see Reasons 3.3.1).

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