| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1986:T020884.19860715 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 15 July 1986 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0208/84 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 79300903.6 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | G06F 15/20 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | VICOM | ||||||||
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| Board: | 3.5.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | I. Even if the idea underlying an invention may be considered to reside in a mathematical method a claim directed to a technical process in which the method is used does not seek protection for the mathematical method as such. II. A computer of known type set up to operate according to a new program cannot be considered as forming part of the state of the art as defined by Article 54(2) EPC. III. A claim directed to a technical process which process is carried out under the control of a program (whether by means of hardware or software), cannot be regarded as relating to a computer program as such. IV. A claim which can be considered as being directed to a computer set up to operate in accordance with a specified program (whether by means of hardware or software) for controlling or carrying out a technical process cannot be regarded as relating to a computer program as such. |
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| Keywords: | Mathematical method/computer program Computer program |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t840208ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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