6.5.6 Establishing technical character
Formerly section I.A.2.4.6.d). This section has been renumbered due to updates in preceding sections. No changes have been made to the content of this section. |
In G 1/19 it was argued that technical effects which are not achieved through an interaction with physical reality, but are calculated in such a way as to correspond closely to "real" technical effects or physical entities, should be treated as technical effects for the purposes of the COMVIK approach. In the Enlarged Board's view, virtual or calculated technical effects should be distinguished from potential technical effects which, for example when a computer program or a control signal for an image display device is put to its intended use, necessarily become real technical effects. Calculated status information or physical properties concerning a physical object are information which may reflect properties possibly occurring in the real world. However, first and foremost, they are mere data which can be used in many different ways. There may exist exceptional cases in which such information has an implied technical use that can be the basis for an implied technical effect. Still, in general, data about a calculated technical effect is just data.