CII Case Law @ the EPO

In this decision, the Board considers the technical effect, i.e. categorization of electronic messages is more efficient and better, to be speculative. Object of the Invention: method and a system for suggesting automated responses to an incoming electronic message based on content analysis and categorisation Board I (inventive step): a...

In this decision the board considers the data does not form a physical entity. Object of the Invention: the subject matter is directed to a method of representing a document collection the method is to a large extent defined in terms of equations the purpose of the method is to...

In this decision, a method of image classification was claimed. The Board assumed that all features contribute to the technical character and that the sufficiency of disclosure was given. Object of the Invention: image classification method for classifying digital images into photographs, texts, and graphics conventional heuristic methods implemented by...

This decision is about the output of a machine learning algorithm. The output of the algorithm is more accurate here compared to the prior art. However, this is not a reason that the output automatically serves a technical effect. The output therefore does not automatically lead to non-technical features making...

This decision concerns an invention involving machine learning. The Board of Appeal ruled on the need to disclose training data in a patent application. Object of the Invention: use of an artificial neural network to transform the blood pressure curve measured at the periphery into the equivalent aortic pressure Claim...

In this case, the responsible board decides in particular whether input data is functional data / a physical entity or simply cognitive data. Object of the Invention: Claim 1 relates to an apparatus for rebalancing a stock index stock indexes are used to track the performance of a group of...