| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T117797.20020709 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 09 July 2002 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1177/97 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 87400004.5 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G06F 15/38 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Method using a programmed digital computer system for translation between natural languages | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | SYSTRAN S.A. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengeseelschaft Logos Computer Integrated Translation GmbH |
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| Board: | 3.5.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Inventive step (no) Problem-and-solution approach: treatment of non-technical aspects Admissibility of late-filed documents (no) Different apportionment of costs (no) |
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1. The use of a piece of information in a technical system, or its usuability for this purpose, may convey a technical character to the information itself in that it reflects the properties of the technical system, for instance by being specifically formatted and/or processed. Such information when used in or processed by the technical system may be part of a technical solution to a technical problem and form the basis for a technical contribution of the invention to the prior art. 2. Information and methods related to linguistics may thus in principle assume technical character if they are used in a computer system and form part of a technical problem solution. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t971177eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021