CII Case Law @ the EPO

Designing a wiring path/YAZAKI – T 1371/16 – 17 September 2021

In this decision the subject matter is a simulation for designing a wiring path. Claim 1 does not specify any further use of an output wiring path data of the simulation, further properties or specific data format that could limit the possible uses of the data. Therefore, the output data...

Translating natural languages/SYSTRAN – T 1177/97 – 9 July 2002

This decision concerns the technical nature of information. This can have a technical character if: – it is used in or intended for use in a technical system, – if it reflects the properties of the technical system. Object of the Invention: automatic search in dictionaries with a character-by-character process...