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en.swpat.org pages describing the application of various tests to specific ideas can be found in:
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Examples are very important for testing [[legal wordings]]. If you want to propose a test that should exclude software from patentability, you need to check it against at least these examples:
  
* [[:Category: Applying tests to specific ideas]]
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* [[Anti-lock braking example]] - software-implemented or software controlled?
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* [[mp3 audio example]] - are audio signals "applied natural science"?
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* [[digital camera image processing example]] - if a photographer could do it them self, is it software?
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* [[Cabinet for the blind]] - does it matter if the reading cabinet contains hardware, software, or a human?
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* [[Is resource usage technical]]? - if it makes computer hardware use less resources?
  
==Links to external analyses==
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* [[Analogies]]
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* [[Pen and paper patents]]
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* [[CSIRO wifi patent]] - a hardware or a software patent? [http://news.swpat.org/2010/06/csiro-wifi-a-hardware-or-a-software-patent/ forum]
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* [[Example software patents]] - reading software patents might give ideas for how to spot others
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* [[Computer simulations and representations]]
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==External analyses==
  
 
If someone finds it worthwhile, wiki pages might be written about some of the analyses linked below.  So if something disappears, take a look in the [[:Category: Applying tests to specific ideas|category]].
 
If someone finds it worthwhile, wiki pages might be written about some of the analyses linked below.  So if something disappears, take a look in the [[:Category: Applying tests to specific ideas|category]].
  
* FFII: [http://wiki.ffii.org/Sennheiser05En Sennheiser's patents still valid], regarding infra-red audio communication
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* [[FFII]]: [http://wiki.ffii.org/Sennheiser05En Sennheiser's patents still valid], regarding infra-red audio communication
 
* FFII: [http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/europarl0309/amends05/juri0504/ffiiepp050615.pdf Tomography patents still valid]
 
* FFII: [http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/europarl0309/amends05/juri0504/ffiiepp050615.pdf Tomography patents still valid]
 
* FFII: [http://eupat.ffii.org/patents/samples/ep487110/index.en.html Automatable medical diagnosis]
 
* FFII: [http://eupat.ffii.org/patents/samples/ep487110/index.en.html Automatable medical diagnosis]
  
  
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Latest revision as of 08:10, 30 January 2012

Examples are very important for testing legal wordings. If you want to propose a test that should exclude software from patentability, you need to check it against at least these examples:

Related pages on ESP Wiki

External analyses

If someone finds it worthwhile, wiki pages might be written about some of the analyses linked below. So if something disappears, take a look in the category.