| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T004999.20020305 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 05 March 2002 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0049/99 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 93921285.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G06F 15/40 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Information model based on a physical system | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | International Computers Limited | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.5.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Admissibility of appeal (yes) Information modelling - technical character (no) Inventive step (no) Claims - clarity (no) |
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Information modelling is an intellectual activity and should be treated like any other human activity in a non-technical field, which is, as such, not an invention for the purposes of Article 52(1) EPC. Only the purposive use of information modelling in the context of a solution to a technical problem may contribute to the technical character of an invention. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t990049eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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