T 0862/10 (Notification system/MICROSOFT) of 15.05.2013
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T086210.20130515
- Date of decision
- 15 May 2013
- Case number
- T 0862/10
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 04755824.2
- IPC class
- G06F 9/46
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Positioning and rendering notification heralds based on user's focus of attention and activity
- Applicant name
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84
- Keywords
- Inventive step (main request) - no
Inventive step (auxiliary request 1) - yes
Clarity (Claims 1 and 24 of auxiliary request 1) - yes
Clarity (Claims 2 to 23 and 25 to 53 of auxiliary request 1) - no - Catchword
- The choice of where to put an object on a computer display depending on a value assigned to that object (its "urgency") can not be considered to have a further technical effect. Furthermore, the movement of the object on the display in response to a change of said value is also considered not to have a further technical effect (see Reasons 3.3.1).
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The appealed decision is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance for further prosecution on the basis of claims 1 and 24 of auxiliary request 1 as submitted with letter of 9 April 2013.