Computer Implemented Inventions

This course is aimed to provide participants with the information they need to successfully draft and prosecute software-related patent applications before the EPO and the USPTO or to successfully outsource software-related inventions.
The course is aimed at beginning as well as experienced patent attorneys.

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Course schedule

This course is scheduled to take place online from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM CET on October 2 & 3, 2025. Registration will open soon.

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Topics covered

Software patent applications

Introduction
- What is a Computer Implemented Invention (CII)?
- Typical examples
Main patentability hurdles
- EPO:
  - Art. 52(2), (3) (‘as such not seen as a patentable invention’)
  - Art. 56 (‘Solving a technical problem’, ‘Technical contribution’), treatment of technical and non-technical features
  - Looking in more detail at artificial intelligence, mathematical algorithms and presentation of information
- US: USC 35 101 (‘Alice’)
Drafting best practices
- Claims:
  - Ensuring single-party infringeability
  - Unity, multiple independent claims
- Claim categories to consider
- Claimed entities to consider
  - Method considerations
  - System/device considerations: stand-alone vs. distributed system/device
- Ensuring sufficient feature level scope
  - Functional vs. structural
  - Hardware vs. software
- Description:
  - Sufficient disclosure of invention
  - Algorithms and flow-charts
  - Structural support for functional features (USC 35 112f)
  - Test results

Course fee

2 half-day Computer Implemented Inventions online course in 2025: € 610

Registration fee and VAT information

An administrative fee of € 65 is charged for the registration for this course. If more than one course is booked at the same time, only one administrative fee will be charged
All fees are excluding 21% VAT