CLR I A Patentable inventions

1.
Patent protection for technical inventions
1.1.
Technical character of an invention
1.2.
Separate and independent patentability requirements
1.3.
Absolute and relative patentability requirements
1.4.
Verification of the presence of an invention under Article 52(1) EPC
1.4.1
Assessment of the invention independently of the prior art
a)
Earlier case law of the boards of appeal: the "contribution approach"
b)
Abandonment of the "contribution approach"
c)
Some consequences of abandoning the contribution approach
1.4.2
Technical considerations and technical implementations
1.4.3
Methods involving technical means
1.4.4
Methods used in a technical process carried out on a physical entity
1.4.5
Apparatus constituting a physical entity or concrete product
2.
Non-inventions under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC
2.1.
Introduction
2.2.
Discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods
2.2.1
Discoveries and scientific theories
2.2.2
Mathematical methods
2.3.
Aesthetic creations
2.4.
Computer-implemented inventions
2.4.1
Introduction
2.4.2
Patentability of computer programs
2.4.3
Programs for computers and technical character
a)
Further effects of programs for computers
b)
Technical effect on a physical entity
c)
Technical considerations: programming a computer
d)
Technical considerations: implementation of a function on a computer system
e)
Methods performed by a computer
f)
Computer-implemented simulation methods
2.4.4
Claims on computer programs
a)
Computer program recorded on the medium
b)
Exclusion of computer programs under Article 52(2) and (3) EPC
2.5.
Schemes, rules and methods for performing mental acts, playing games or doing business
2.5.1
Methods for doing business
2.5.2
Methods for performing mental acts
2.5.3
Word-processing
2.6.
Presentations of information
2.6.1
User Interfaces
 

The four essential pre-conditions governing the patentability of inventions under the EPC are laid down in Art. 52(1) EPC, which reads: "European patents shall be granted for any inventions, in all fields of technology, provided that they are new, involve an inventive step and are susceptible of industrial application."

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/caselaw/2019/e/clr_i_a.htm

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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