T 1742/12 (On-demand instantiation/RAYTHEON) of 22.6.2016

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T174212.20160622
Date of decision: 22 June 2016
Case number: T 1742/12
Application number: 05252240.6
IPC class: G06F 9/46
G06F 9/445
H04L 29/06
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: On-demand instantiation in a high-performance computing (HPC) system
Applicant name: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.5.06
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention Art 112a(2)(d)
European Patent Convention R 106
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 111(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 112(1)(a)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 113
Keywords: Claims - clarity (yes)
Problem-solution approach - selection of "closest prior art"
Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no)
Remittal to department of first instance (yes)
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)
Catchwords:

See points 5-10.3

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R 0017/14
T 0254/86
T 0603/89
T 0606/89
T 0656/90
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T 0967/97
T 0824/05
T 0021/08
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T 2418/12
T 2083/13
T 2425/13
T 0145/14
T 0870/14
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