European Patent Office

T 0505/08 (Partition load balancing/IBM) of 25.06.2012

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T050508.20120625
Date of decision
25 June 2012
Case number
T 0505/08
Online on
10 July 2012
Petition for review of
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Application number
02710154.2
IPC class
H06F 9/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Application title
Resource balancing in a partitioned processing environment
Applicant name
International Business Machines Corporation
(Applicant)
International Business Machines Corporation
New Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504 (US)
Opponent name
Litherland, David Peter
IBM United Kingdom Ltd.
MP 110
Hursley Park
Winchester
Hampshire SO21 2JN (GB)
Decision under appeal:
Decision of the Examining Division of the European Patent Office posted 23 October 2007 refusing European patent application No. 02710154.2 pursuant to Article 97(2) EPC.
Composition of the Board:
Board
3.5.06
Headnote
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Keywords
Clarity - no
Novelty - yes
Inventive step - yes
Case Number: T 0505/08 - 3.5.06
DECISION
of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.06
of 19 June 2012
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance for further prosecution.