| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T085802.20050812 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 12 August 2005 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0858/02 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 00304079.7 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | H04M 3/533 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Structured voicemail messages | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Lucent Technologies Inc. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.5.03 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Presentation of information - no | ||||||||
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1. When considering the nature or category of a claimed invention attention must be paid to the substance of what is claimed, rather than only taking into account how the claimed subject-matter is designated, which can be deceptive. 2. An electronic message is not automatically excluded from patentability under Article 52(2)(d) EPC as a presentation of information. This will depend on whether the message is defined by its structure or its content. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t020858eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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XGL F IV 3.9.1 Cases where all method steps can be fully implemented by generic data processing means