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
- -
- Application number
- 01123065.3
- IPC class
- G06F 17/30
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- -
- Board
- 3.5.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Added subject-matter - (no)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
- -
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.