| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T042403.20060223 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 23 February 2006 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0424/03 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 95119547.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G06F 9/46 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Data transfer with expanded clipboard formats | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.5.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Late-filed request responding to objections - admitted (yes) Method of operating a computer - excluded as being a computer program (no) Novelty/inventive step (yes) |
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1. The claim category of a computer-implemented method is distinguished from that of a computer program. Even though a method, in particular a method of operating a computer, may be put into practice with the help of a computer program, a claim relating to such a method does not claim a computer program in the category of a computer program (point 5.1 of the reasons). 2. A computer-readable medium is a technical product and, thus, has technical character (point 5.3 of the reasons). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t030424eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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