Beyond Best Practice

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Why AI Patents Get Rejected: The 2-Hurdle Test Explained

Why AI Patents Get Rejected: The 2-Hurdle Test Explained

10m 28s

I'm explaining how the European Patent Office examines AI patents using the two-hurdle approach. This is a snippet from my 3-hour masterclass on patenting AI. The full masterclass covers:
1. Which parts of an AI solution should be patented
2. How to draft strong AI patent claims
3. How to ensure an enabling disclosure in an AI patent

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MagicLeap’s Biometric Patent REVOKED! Patent Attorney Explains Why

MagicLeap’s Biometric Patent REVOKED! Patent Attorney Explains Why

23m 10s

MagicLeap just lost a patent on a biometric information sharing function in their AR headset. The EPO Board of appeal ruled that the patent covered “a mere administrative scheme” rather than a true technical advancement, leading to its complete revokation. In this video, I break down MagicLeap’s patent, the resoning behind the decision, and the lessons we can learn to navigate software patents in Europe.

Links In This Episode:
- MagicLeap’s patent: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP3433707B1
- The decision to revoke the patent: https://www.epo.org/en/boards-of-appeal/decisions/t230371eu1
- The EPO Guidelines about presentations of information: https://www.epo.org/en/legal/guidelines-epc/2024/g_ii_3_7.html
- The related case about data privacy vs. data security:...

How to Draft Patents with AI 🤖 Seminar Preview

How to Draft Patents with AI 🤖 Seminar Preview

8m 30s

Here's a sneak peek into my seminar "How to Draft Patents With AI". I'll take you from “0” to “Basic AI Literacy” in 3 hours. After the seminar, you can critically evaluate the AI tool landscape and design your own AI-powered toolchain tailored to your own patent drafting workflow.

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