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Date of decision
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05 March 2002
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Case number
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T 0049/99
- 3.5.1
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Application number
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93921285.8
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Title of the application
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Information model based on a physical system
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Applicant name
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International Computers Limited
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Keywords
Admissibility of appeal (yes)
Information modelling - technical character (no)
Inventive step (no)
Claims - clarity (no)
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Catchwords:
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Information modelling is an intellectual activity and should be
treated like any other human activity in a non-technical field,
which is, as such, not an invention for the purposes of Article
52(1) EPC. Only the purposive use of information modelling in
the context of a solution to a technical problem may contribute
to the technical character of an invention.
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