Seg, 2006-12-18 às 00:34 -0800, Regis escreveu: > Search for "computer implemented invention" > At the EPO, software as such is also not patentable, but a computer > implemented invention can be patentable if it provides a technical > effect that goes further to the normal functions of the computer > ;-)
It should be noted that the EPO is not meaning "normal functions" as we
might understand it...
According to an EPO presentation given at various european patent
offices...
* using less memory is patentable
* being faster is patentable
* not being idle is patentable[*]
Rui
[*] ok, this *last* one was a joke to see if you were awake, but in
practice, giving many of the software patents that were issued, it might
just as well
--
+ No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown
+ Whatever you do will be insignificant,
| but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi
+ So let's do it...?
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