The patentability of computer-implemented simulations and implications for computer-implemented inventions (CIIs)
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Peer-reviewed
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Minssen, Timo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3286-4888
Aboy, M
Abstract
jats:titleAbstract</jats:title> jats:pG 1/19 (Simulations), Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office, 10 March 2021</jats:p> jats:pThe Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) held that a computer-implemented simulation of a technical system or process which is claimed as such can, for the purpose of assessing inventive step, solve a technical problem by producing a technical effect going beyond the simulation’s implementation on a computer; and that the established case law on computer-implemented inventions (COMVIK approach) applies to computer-implemented simulations even if these do not have an output having a direct link with physical reality.</jats:p>
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48 Law and Legal Studies, 4806 Private Law and Civil Obligations
Journal Title
Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice
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1747-1532
1747-1540
1747-1540
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16
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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Novo Nordisk Foundation (via University of Copenhagen) (NNF17SA0027784)