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Date of decision
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12 July 2005
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Case number
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T 0914/02
- 3.4.1
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Application number
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97300544.0
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Title of the application
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Method for determining nuclear core loading arrangement
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Applicant name
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General Electric Company
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Headnote
Having technical character is an implicit requirement of the EPC
to be met by an invention within the meaning of Article 52(1)
EPC. The involvement of technical considerations, however, is
not sufficient for a method which may exclusively be carried out
mentally to have technical character. Technical character may be
provided through the technical implementation of the method,
resulting in the method providing a tangible, technical effect,
such as the provision of a physical entity as the resulting
product or a non-abstract activity, such as through the use of
technical means.
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Keywords
Method of performing mental act excluded from patentability yes
(main request), no (first auxiliary request)
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