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

[Bernard Lang Bernard.Lang@inria.fr]

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Bernard Lang
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On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 07:10:21PM -0400, Peterson wrote:
> 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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