Though a computer program could not be patentable itself, the words ‘as such’ in the Patents Convention limited that exclusion, and a computer program properly said to produce a further technical effect was capable of protection by patent.
Citations:
Times 15-Apr-1999
Statutes:
European Patents Convention 1973 Art 52(2) 52(3)
Jurisdiction:
European
Intellectual Property
Updated: 08 April 2022; Ref: scu.81943
