T 0914/02 () of 12.7.2005

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T091402.20050712

Date of decision:

12 July 2005

Case number:

T 0914/02

Application number:

IPC class:

Language of proceedings:

EN

Distribution:

B

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 71Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	Unpublished

Title of application:

Method for determining nuclear core loading arrangement

Applicant name:

General Electric Company

Opponent name:

-

Board:

3.4.01

Headnote:

Having technical character is an implicit requirement of the EPC to be met by an invention within the meaning of Article 52(1) EPC. The involvement of technical considerations, however, is not sufficient for a method which may exclusively be carried out mentally to have technical character. Technical character may be provided through the technical implementation of the method, resulting in the method providing a tangible, technical effect, such as the provision of a physical entity as the resulting product or a non-abstract activity, such as through the use of technical means.

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(3)

Keywords:

Method of performing mental act excluded from patentability yes (main request), no (first auxiliary request)

Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:

T 0453/91
T 0931/95
T 1173/97
T 0641/00
T 0258/03

Citing decisions:

G 0003/08
T 0619/02
T 0471/05
T 0930/05
T 1148/05
T 1227/05
T 0421/06
T 0784/06
T 1393/11
T 0489/14
T 0095/15
T 1190/16
T 1820/16
T 1985/16

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t020914eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

22 references found.

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EPO Guidelines - G Patentability

X GL G II 3.5.1 Schemes, rules and methods for performing mental acts

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO 2019, A86 - Interlocutory decision of Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.07 dated 22 February 2019 - T 489/14

Case Law Book: I Patentability

X CLR I A 1.1 Technical character of an invention

X CLR I A 1.4.2 Technical considerations and technical implementations

X CLR I A 2.1 Introduction

X CLR I A 2.4.3.C Technical considerations: programming a computer

X CLR I A 2.4.3.F Computer-implemented simulation methods

X CLR I A 2.5.2 Methods for performing mental acts

X CLR I D 9.1.1 Technical character of an invention

Case Law Book: II Conditions to be met by an Application

X CLR II A 3.2 Indication of all essential features

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0003/08 (Programs for computers) of 12.5.2010

General Case Law

X T 0453/91 () of 31.5.1994

X T 0931/95 (Controlling pension benefits system/PBS PARTNERSHIP) of 8.9.2000

X T 1173/97 (Computer program product/IBM) of 1.7.1998

X T 0641/00 (Two identities/COMVIK) of 26.9.2002

X T 0619/02 (Odour selection/QUEST INTERNATIONAL) of 22.3.2006

X T 0258/03 (Auction method/HITACHI) of 21.4.2004

X T 0471/05 () of 6.2.2007

X T 0930/05 (Modellieren eines Prozessnetzwerks/XPERT) of 10.11.2006

X T 1227/05 (Circuit simulation I/Infineon Technologies) of 13.12.2006

X T 0784/06 (Genotype determination/BECKMAN) of 23.6.2010

X T 0489/14 (Pedestrian simulation/CONNOR) of 22.2.2019