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An invention has to be novel to be patentable. But does any difference over the prior art do the job (e.g. a purely aesthetic one) or does it have to be technically relevant? 
This is a recorded Clubhouse event I hosted with my colleague Patrick Heckeler 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-patrick-heckeler/  
Shout-outs go to the panelists who spontaneously made great contributions:
Martin Wilming 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwilming/
Barış Atalay 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/bar%C4%B1%C5%9F-atalay-86a14a22/
Preston Richard 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/prestonrichard/
Next European Software Patents Talk on clubhouse: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/mJzA6Rzo
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Article "Checking whether a resource is likely...

What types of inventions in database technology are patentable in Europe? The EPO guidelines will be updated on 1 March 2021 with a new section specifically on database management systems and information retrieval. In this episode I will walk you through the final draft of the new section to see how clear the guidance is.
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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
G-II, 3.6.4 "Database management systems and information retrieval" (Unedited English version for advance information): https://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/guidelines/guidelines-preview.html
The two BOA decisions cited in the new section:
T 1924/17: https://www.bardehle.com/europeansoftwarepatents/knowledge-base/using-a-nosql-data-store-and-an-rdbms-to-provide-performance-improvement-in-a-database-system-technical/
T 697/17: https://www.bardehle.com/europeansoftwarepatents/knowledge-base/sql-language-extensions-for-modifying-columns-in-a-single-statement-technical/
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Basic groundwork today. We're going through 10 EPO Board of Appeal decisions which relate to AI inventions. Topics include technical character, clarity, obviousness and sufficiency of disclosure.
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1. T 1942/07 of 11.4.2011 https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t071942du1.html
2. T 1355/08 of 11.6.2012 https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t081355eu1.html
3. T 1784/06 (Classification method/COMPTEL) of 21.9.2012 https://www.bardehle.com/europeansoftwarepatents/knowledge-base/method-for-classification-and-linking-data-records/
4. T 1510/10 (Ranking of live web applications/ERICSSON) of 4.12.2013 https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t101510eu1.html
5. T 1285/10 (Genetic analysis computing system/IRIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES) of 23.5.2014 https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t101285eu1.html
6. T 1358/09 (Classification/BDGB ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE) of 21.11.2014 https://www.bardehle.com/europeansoftwarepatents/knowledge-base/classification-of-text-documents/
7. T 1286/09 (Image classifier/INTELLECTUAL VENTURES) of 11.6.2015...

Welcome to the very first episode of the podcast! As we go through the section on AI and machine learning in the examination guidelines, I'll tell you why the EPO's current approach is too restrictive when it comes to patenting AI innovations. At the end of the episode, I'm sharing my best tips for how to draft AI patent applications so that they fulfill what’s in the guidelines.
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▶ The Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office
▶ Section 3.3.1 "Artificial intelligence and machine learning" 
▶ Software patent...