T 0469/03 (Clipboard formats VI/MICROSOFT) of 24.2.2006

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T046903.20060224

Date of decision:

24 February 2006

Case number:

T 0469/03

Application number:

00110615.2

IPC class:

G06F 9/46

Language of proceedings:

Distribution:

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 47Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	Unpublished

Title of application:

Data transfer with expanded clipboard formats

Applicant name:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

Opponent name:

Board:

3.5.01

Headnote:

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 76(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10b

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)

Catchwords:

Cited decisions:

T 1173/97
T 1194/97
T 0258/03

Citing decisions:

T 2402/10
T 0649/11
T 1796/11

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t030469eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021