European Patent Office

T 0006/83 (Data processor network) vom 06.10.1988

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:1988:T000683.19881006
Datum der Entscheidung
6. Oktober 1988
Aktenzeichen
T 0006/83
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
79101907.8
IPC-Klasse
G06F 15/16
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)
Amtsblattfassungen
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
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Name des Antragstellers
IBM
Name des Einsprechenden
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Kammer
3.5.01
Leitsatz

An invention relating to the co-ordination and control of the internal communication between programs and data files held at different processors in a data processing system having a plurality of interconnected data processors in a telecommunication network, and the features of which are not concerned with the nature of the data and the way in which a particular application program operates on them, is to be regarded as solving a problem which is essentially technical. Such an invention therefore is to be regarded as an invention within the meaning of Article 52(1) EPC.

Schlagwörter
Technical problem (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Computer-related invention
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierte Akten
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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 first instance with the order to grant a European patent on the basis of the following documents:

(a) Claims 1-3 filed on 10.08.88

(b) Description as amended on 10.08.88 with the proviso that the amendments and corrections indicated in paragraph 13 above are made

(c) Drawings as originally filed.