[Patents] Re: [Patents] information on patentlaw concerning computer programs

[Peterson petermail@mediaone.net]

See the European Patent Office web site:
http://www.epo.co.at/
You can find the European Patent Convention at:
http://www.epo.co.at/epc97/english/toc/a_ind_e.htm
from which the following has been extracted
(http://www.epo.co.at/epc97/english/ar52.html)
Article 52 - Patentable inventions
(1) * European patents shall be granted for any inventions which are
susceptible of industrial application, which are new and which involve an
inventive step.
(2) The following in particular shall not be regarded as inventions within
the meaning of paragraph 1:
(a) discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods;
(b) aesthetic creations;
(c) schemes, rules and methods for performing mental acts, playing games or
doing business, and programs for computers;
(d) presentations of information.
(3) The provisions of paragraph 2 shall exclude patentability of the
subject-matter or activities referred to in that provision only to the
extent to which a European patent application or European patent relates to
such subject-matter or activities as such.
(4) * Methods for treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or
therapy and diagnostic methods practised on the human or animal body shall
not be regarded as inventions which are susceptible of industrial
application within the meaning of paragraph 1. This provision shall not
apply to products, in particular substances or compositions, for use in any
of these methods.

-- Scott Peterson

----- Original Message -----
From: Andreas Berglund <andreas.berglund@home.se>
To: <patents@liberte.aful.org>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 6:03 PM
Subject: [Patents] information on patentlaw concerning computer programs


> Hi!
> Is there any good source of information about the above mentioned topic,
> where for example you can actually read Article 52(2). I have already
> searched the internet but found nothing of the kind, therefor I am
> asking you.
>
> Andreas Berglund
>
>
>
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