Examining patent applications relating to artificial intelligence (AI) inventions
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Update history
2025-01-30 09:30
Paragraphs 4.4 to 4.7, 4.23 to 4.28, 5.12, 5.33 to 5.37, 7 to 7.10, 8.5, and 8.6 of the guidelines are added or edited following the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2024] EWCA Civ 825. Minor editorial revisions are made throughout the guidelines. Scenarios 13 to 15 are edited to say they are excluded subject matter following the Emotional Perception judgment. Scenarios 16 and 17 are updated to reflect the Emotional Perception judgment.
2024-05-07 10:00
Paragraphs 32 to 39 of the guidelines are added to discuss the judgment in Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2023] EWHC 2948 (Ch). Paragraphs 7, 112, 125, 127 and 128 of the guidelines are edited following the Emotional Perception judgment. Paragraphs 47, 48, 59, 64, 65, 69, 109, 110, and 135 of the guidelines are added to discuss decisions of the Comptroller concerning AI inventions. Scenarios 13 to 15 are edited to say they are not excluded following the Emotional Perception judgment.
2022-09-22 10:00
First published.