EPOReferral-QuickAnswers

Very short answers to G3/08 Referral (by Peter Gerwinski)

  1. CAN A COMPUTER PROGRAM ONLY BE EXCLUDED AS A COMPUTER PROGRAM AS SUCH IF IT IS EXPLICITLY CLAIMED AS A COMPUTER PROGRAM?

No. A Software patent must be excluded even if the patent application avoids to call a spade a spade.

No. Doing so would tear down all limits to patentability.

Whether this is enough, depends on the definition of "technical".

Not "a claimed feature", but the innovation must consist in physical effect (as opposed to "a mathematical effect").

No.

No. When the innovation doesn't have a physical character, mentioning some hardware won't give it one.

No.

No.

Whether this is enough, depends on the definition of "technical".

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