T 0204/93 of 29.10.1993
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1993:T020493.19931029
- Date of decision
- 29 October 1993
- Case number
- T 0204/93
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 86307473.8
- IPC class
- G06F 9/44
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- System for generating software source code components
- Applicant name
- AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(3) 1973
- Keywords
- Exclusions from patentability - yes
Patentable inventions - mental acts
Patentable inventions - computer programs
Patentable inventions - technical features (no) - Catchword
- Generating concrete software programs from supplied generic specifications, i.e, reusable software modules, involving computer programs as such, and a computer implementation of mental acts, does not make a contribution in a field outside the range of excluded matters.
- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.