European Patent Office

T 1965/11 (Cost-based materialised view selection/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 24.03.2017

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T196511.20170324
Date of decision
24 March 2017
Case number
T 1965/11
Petition for review of
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Application number
01123065.3
IPC class
G06F 17/30
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Cost-based materialised view selection for query optimisation
Applicant name
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.07
Headnote
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Keywords
Added subject-matter - (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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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 with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the following application documents:

- description pages 1, 2, and 4 to 13 as originally filed, and pages 3, 3a and 3b as filed with the letter dated 24 February 2017;

- drawings of Figures 1 to 8 as originally filed;

- claims 1 to 3 of the sole request maintained at the oral proceedings before the Board, corresponding to the fourth auxiliary request filed with the letter dated 24 February 2017.