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EPO EBoA referral G3-08
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
- The October 2008 announcement
- The October 2008 announcement (alternative link)
- G3/08, the referral itself
- The pending queue of referrals, where this one was found
After receiving the responses to the consultation, the EPO published information to repeat its claim that it doesn't grant software patents:
