T 0006/83 (Data processor network) du 06.10.1988
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:1988:T000683.19881006
- Date de la décision
- 6 octobre 1988
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0006/83
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 79101907.8
- Classe de la CIB
- G06F 15/16
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Publiées au Journal officiel de l'OEB (A)
- Téléchargement
- Décision en anglais
- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
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- Nom du demandeur
- IBM
- Nom de l'opposant
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- Chambre
- 3.5.01
- Sommaire
An invention relating to the co-ordination and control of the internal communication between programs and data files held at different processors in a data processing system having a plurality of interconnected data processors in a telecommunication network, and the features of which are not concerned with the nature of the data and the way in which a particular application program operates on them, is to be regarded as solving a problem which is essentially technical. Such an invention therefore is to be regarded as an invention within the meaning of Article 52(1) EPC.
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Mots-clés
- Technical problem (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Computer-related invention - Exergue
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- Affaires citées
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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 first instance with the order to grant a European patent on the basis of the following documents:
(a) Claims 1-3 filed on 10.08.88
(b) Description as amended on 10.08.88 with the proviso that the amendments and corrections indicated in paragraph 13 above are made
(c) Drawings as originally filed.