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Date of decision
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01 July 98
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Case number
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T 1173/97
- 3.5.1
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Application number
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91107112.4
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Title of the application
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Asynchronous resynchronization of a commit procedure
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Applicant name
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International Business Machines Corporation
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Headnote
A computer program product is not excluded from patentability
under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC if, when it is run on a
computer, it produces a further technical effect which goes
beyond the "normal" physical interactions between program
(software) and computer (hardware)".
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Keywords
Exclusion of computer program product from patentability (not
under all circumstances)
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