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In October 2008, the president of the [[European Patent Office]] referred question "'''G3/08'''" to the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeals, asking for clarifications regarding exclusion of "programs for computers" from patentability under Article 52 of the [[European Patent Convention]].<ref>http://www.epo.org/topics/news/2008/20081024.html</ref>  As part of the referral process, a public consultation was held which ended on April 30th 2009.<ref>http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/eponet.nsf/0/B89D95BB305AAA8DC12574EC002C7CF6/$File/G3-08_en.pdf G3/08</ref>
 
In October 2008, the president of the [[European Patent Office]] referred question "'''G3/08'''" to the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeals, asking for clarifications regarding exclusion of "programs for computers" from patentability under Article 52 of the [[European Patent Convention]].<ref>http://www.epo.org/topics/news/2008/20081024.html</ref>  As part of the referral process, a public consultation was held which ended on April 30th 2009.<ref>http://documents.epo.org/projects/babylon/eponet.nsf/0/B89D95BB305AAA8DC12574EC002C7CF6/$File/G3-08_en.pdf G3/08</ref>
  
You can see the submitted briefs here: '''[[Briefs submitted to EPO EBA G3-08]]'''. For the previous discussions on how best to reply to the public consultation (now closed), see '''[[EPO G3-08 brainstorming]]'''.
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You can see the submitted briefs here: '''[[Briefs submitted to EPO EBA G3-08]]'''.
 
 
  
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For the previous discussions on how best to reply to the public consultation (now closed), see '''[[EPO G3-08 brainstorming]]'''.
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 02:54, 1 October 2009

In October 2008, the president of the European Patent Office referred question "G3/08" to the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeals, asking for clarifications regarding exclusion of "programs for computers" from patentability under Article 52 of the European Patent Convention.[1] As part of the referral process, a public consultation was held which ended on April 30th 2009.[2]

You can see the submitted briefs here: Briefs submitted to EPO EBA G3-08.

For the previous discussions on how best to reply to the public consultation (now closed), see EPO G3-08 brainstorming.

External links

epo.org links

After receiving the responses to the consultation, the EPO published information to repeat its claim that it doesn't grant software patents:

References