Masking a private key/CERTICOM – T 0556/ 14 – 28 July 2016
In this decision in a patent a method of masking a privat key is claimed. It is considered not to be a mathematical method as such, because storing on a smartcard (hardware) was claimed. The claimed method achieves some protection against power analysis attacks and thus have a technical effect...
Edge Detection – T 0165/ 12 – 6 July 2017
In this decision, the Board found that the description of the main request did not support the claim, as the description disclosed only one specific example of a merely general feature (“first phase congruency component”). In an auxiliary request, the appellant overcame this rejection, but the claimed subject-matter is still...
Image classification / STMICROELECTRONICS – T 1148/05 – 27 May 2009
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...