G 0001/19 (Pedestrian simulation) du 10.03.2021

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence

ECLI:EP:BA:2021:G000119.20210310

Date de la décision

10 mars 2021

Numéro de l'affaire

G 0001/19

Requête en révision de

T 0489/14 2019-02-22

Numéro de la demande

03793825.5

Classe de la CIB

G06F 17/50

Langue de la procédure

Anglais

Distribution

Publiées au Journal officiel de l'OEB (A)

Téléchargement

Décision en anglais

Versions JO

Autres décisions pour cet affaire

Résumés pour cette décision

Titre de la demande

SIMULATION OF THE MOVEMENT OF AN AUTONOMOUS ENTITY THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENT

Nom du demandeur

Bentley Systems (UK) Limited

Nom de l'opposant

Chambre

Sommaire

A computer-implemented simulation of a technical system or process that is claimed as such can, for the purpose of assessing inventive step, solve a technical problem by producing a technical effect going beyond the simulation's implementation on a computer.

For that assessment it is not a sufficient condition that the simulation is based, in whole or in part, on technical principles underlying the simulated system or process.

The answers to the first and second questions are no different if the computer-implemented simulation is claimed as part of a design process, in particular for verifying a design.

Dispositions juridiques pertinentes

Decisions of national courts cited: Germany: Bundesgerichtshof X ZB 15/67 (Rote Taube); X ZB 11/98 (Logikverifikation)European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 52(2)European Patent Convention Art 52(3)European Patent Convention Art 56

Mots-clés

Admissibility of referral - (yes)
Transitional provisions of the EPC 2000
Patentability of computer-implemented simulations

Exergue

Affaires citées

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Affaires citantes

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G. ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that the questions of law referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal are answered as follows:

1. A computer-implemented simulation of a technical system or process that is claimed as such can, for the purpose of assessing inventive step, solve a technical problem by producing a technical effect going beyond the simulation's implementation on a computer.

2. For that assessment it is not a sufficient condition that the simulation is based, in whole or in part, on technical principles underlying the simulated system or process.

3. The answers to the first and second questions are no different if the computer-implemented simulation is claimed as part of a design process, in particular for verifying a design.