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Arlene McCarthy's software patent "factsheet"

Arlene McCarthy's software patent "factsheet"

Posted Sep 6, 2003 11:47 UTC (Sat) by Winston84 (guest, #14879)
In reply to: Arlene McCarthy's software patent "factsheet" by libra
Parent article: Arlene McCarthy's software patent "factsheet"

"I find indeed that patent for "computer-implemented invention" is pointless, since there has been no such thing created ever. I really would like to see good examples from McCarthy of such invention (there must be some since she argues that 30000 such inventions have been handed out by European Patent Office). I think a good example should be presented and show such an invention that there would nothing to arguee against it."

I think here is a really interesting example of a pure (imho) "Software Patent" as per definition. It was granted by the EPO in May 2003 and is called:

Method to generate new structures from existing structures in a computerized system

http://swpat.ffii.org/pikta/txt/ep/1310/841/#adsc


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