T 0022/85 (Document abstracting and retrieving) du 05.10.1988
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:1988:T002285.19881005
- Date de la décision
- 5 octobre 1988
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0022/85
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 80107625.8
- Classe de la CIB
- G06F 15/40
- 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
1. Abstracting a document, storing the abstract, and retrieving it in response to a query falls as such within the category of schemes, rules and methods for performing mental acts and constitutes therefore non-patentable subject-matter under Article 52(2)(c) and 52(3) EPC
2. The mere setting out of the sequence of steps necessary to perform an activity, excluded as such from patentability under Article 52(2) and 52(3) EPC, in terms of functions or functional means to be realised with the aid of conventional computer hardware elements does not import any technical considerations and cannot, therefore, lend a technical character to that activity and thereby overcome the exclusion from patentability.
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(3) 1973
- Mots-clés
- Schemes, rules and methods for performing mental acts
Technical character (no)
Step in terms of functions or functional means - Exergue
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- Affaires citées
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.