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T 424/03 - Clipboard formats I/MICROSOFT

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Reference numbers
Case number: 
T 424/03
Headword: 
Clipboard formats I/MICROSOFT
Application number: 
95119547.8
Publication number: 
717354
Date of the Decision: 
2006-02-23
Additional Case Information
Title of the invention: 
Data transfer with expanded clipboard formats
IPC: 
G06F 9/46
Keyword: 
Late-filed request responding to objections - admitted (yes); Method of operating a computer - excluded as being a computer program (no); Novelty/inventive step (yes)
Applicant: 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Chairman of the Board: 
Steinbrener, S.
Members of the Board: 
Bumes, K.
Members of the Board: 
Weiss, G.
Relevant Legal Provisions: 
EPC Art. 52(1)(2)(3), 54, 56, 83, 84, 123(2); RPBA Art. 10b
Cites (case law): 
T 1173/97 - Computer program product/IBM
Cites (case law): 
T 258/03 - Auction method/HITACHI
Cites further: 

T 1194/97

Language of the proceedings: 
EN
Headnote: 
  1. The claim category of a computer-implemented method is distinguished from that of a computer program. Even though a method, in particular a method of operating a computer, may be put into practice with the help of a computer program, a claim relating to such a method does not claim a computer program in the category of a computer program (point 5.1 of the reasons).
  2. A computer-readable medium is a technical product and, thus, has technical character (point 5.3 of the reasons).