European Patent Office

T 0189/19 (Ranking semi-structured documents/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 10.03.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T018919.20210310
Date of decision
10 March 2021
Case number
T 0189/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
12817909.0
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
Utilization of features extracted from structured documents to improve search relevance
Applicant name
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
Keywords
Inventive step - main request (no)
Amendments - discretion to admit requests not admitted by the examining division
Amendments - first auxiliary request (yes)
Added subject-matter - first auxiliary request (yes)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances
Amendment after summons - second auxiliary request (no)
Claims - clarity
Claims - third auxiliary request (no)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 1526/19

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.