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Date of decision 18 October 2005
Case number T 0049/04 - 3.4.03
Application number 97935052.7
IPC G09B17/00
Proceedings Language EN
Title of the application Text processor
Applicant name Walker, Randall C.
Opponent name -
Headnote
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Articles and Rules EPC . Art 52(1)
. Art 52(2)
. Art 0(3)
. Art 56
Keywords
Invention within the meaning of Article 52(1) EPC (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Cited Decisions T 0641/00
T 0643/00
T 0258/03
T 0125/04
Catchwords:
"Following T 643/00 rather than T 125/04, the presentation of natural language text on a display in a manner which improves readability, enabling the user to perform their task more efficiently, relates to how, ie by what physical arrangement of the text, cognitive content is conveyed to the reader and can thus be considered as contributing to a technical solution to a technical problem; reasons 4.5 to 4.7.

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