| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1988:T011585.19880905 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 05 September 1988 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0115/85 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 81108567.9 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G06F 15/20 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | IBM | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.5.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | 1. Giving visual indications automatically about conditions prevailing in an apparatus or system is basically a technical problem. 2. Even if the basic idea underlying an invention may be considered to reside in a computer program a claim directed to its use in the solution of a technical problem cannot be regarded as seeking protection for the program as such within the meaning of Article 52(2)(c) and (3) EPC. |
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| Keywords: | Patentable subject matter (yes) Computer program |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t850115ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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