Tag: patentability
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22 December 2023
Artificial neural networks (AI) not excluded from patentability and have a "substantial technical contribution" finds E&W High Court
21 May 2020
Pepper trumps Broccoli: EPO finds products produced by essentially biological processes are not patentable
10 October 2018
EPO publishes 2018 revision of Guidelines for Examination directed to computer-implemented inventions
The EPO has recently published the 2018 revision to its Guidelines for Examination, which are generally updated annually to take into account …
31 July 2017
EPO Administrative Council clarifies patentability position of plants and animals
From 1 July 2017, the EPO will no longer grant patents for plants and animals exclusively obtained by means of an "essentially biological process". This …