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Revision as of 13:28, 12 February 2010
The European Patent Office (EPO) grants thousands of software patents every year, but denies granting any. This page lists some software patents they've granted.
The EPO's public denial
Here's an example of a public statment from the EPO. This is from 2009:
The EPO does not grant "software patents". The term itself is a misleading concept. Under the EPC a computer program claimed as such is not a patentable invention (Art. 52(2)(c) and (3) EPC). Inventions involving computer programs that implement business, mathematical or similar methods and do not produce technical effects (e. g. because they solve a business problem rather than a technical one) are not patentable, and no patents will be granted for such inventions in Europe.[1]
List of granted software patents
- EP769170 - trapping viruses[1]
- EP803105 and EP738446 - selling things online
- EP249293 - pop-out-context-menu, , granted to Philips
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- ↑ http://www.epo.org/topics/issues/computer-implemented-inventions/software.html (see page 12 of the linked PDF document)
