| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T048914.20190222 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 22 February 2019 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0489/14 | ||||||||
| Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal: | G 0001/19 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 03793825.5 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G06F 17/50 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Simulation of the movement of an autonomous entity through an environment | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Connor, James Douglas | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.5.07 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Patentable invention - simulation method Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal |
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The following questions are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal for decision: 1. In the assessment of inventive step, can the computer-implemented simulation of a technical system or process solve a technical problem by producing a technical effect which goes beyond the simulation's implementation on a computer, if the computer-implemented simulation is claimed as such? 2. If the answer to the first question is yes, what are the relevant criteria for assessing whether a computer-implemented simulation claimed as such solves a technical problem? In particular, is it a sufficient condition that the simulation is based, at least in part, on technical principles underlying the simulated system or process? 3. What are the answers to the first and second questions if the computer-implemented simulation is claimed as part of a design process, in particular for verifying a design? |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t140489ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021