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How to Patent AI InventionsBy Julia Gwilt & Howard Read
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• Background trends
• Patentability before the EPO• Worked example
• Contrast with the US• Follow-up on example
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Background Trends
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d Trends in Patenting – WIPO Report
Covers patents & scientific publications - 1950s to 2016▪ 340,000 AI-related patents - 50% filed since 2013▪ 1.6 million scientific publications identified
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d Who is filing?
Top filers from WIPO report▪ IBM (over 8000), Microsoft, Toshiba, Samsung (over 5000), ▪ Top University – Chinese Academy of Sciences (over 2500)
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State Grid Corporation of China
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Baidu Online Network Technology
Hohai University
Chongqing University
University of electronic science & technology of…
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Our Research(valid to 2015)
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Patentability at the EPO
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Hurdles when Patenting AI inventions
NoveltyInherently non-
patentable
Inventive Step
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Inventive step – three step test
Split claim into technical &
non-technical features
Chose closest prior art using
technical features only
Identify differences
(if any)
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Inventive step – Outcomes
No differences
Non-technical differences only
Mix of technical & non-technical
Novelty objection
Inventive step objection*
Formulate problem & assess
* a claim cannot be inventive if there is no technical contribution
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Exclusions – non-technical features
Computer Program
Mathematical Method
Mental Act
Business Method
Playing a Game
Presentation of Information
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Impact on AI inventions
Step one - AI is mathematical method so non-technical
Step three – AI can contribute to the inventive solution if
it interacts with the technical subject-matter
for solving a technical problem and thereby
contribute to the technical character of the claimed subject-matter
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A Patentable EP Example – Rare Appeal Case
A method for diagnosing and recommending treatment(i) Collecting hybridization information of an array of peptide nucleic
acid probes comprising …(ii) Transmitting hybridization information … (iii) Analyzing said hybridization information to generate a
hybridization profile(iv) Determining the most likely pathological conditions suggested by
the comparative analysis of hybridization profiles, using artificial intelligence routines …
(v) Recommending methods of treatment
Inventive feature
Known AI – so not inventive
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Example – EP 3309730 – Agenda Creation
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Example - EP 3309730 Claim
Is the invention defined in the claim patentable?
Work through three step inventive test• Which are the technical & non-technical features?• What prior art is likely to be selected based on any technical
features• Are there any differences?
• Is there an invention?
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Example – EP 3309730 – Agenda Creation
A computer-implemented method comprisingan electronic meeting process executing on an apparatus receiving over a network from an AI service:a notification of a request for a new agenda item for an electronic meeting, wherein the AI service generated the notification in response to analysis of AV data for the electronic meeting;missing information for the new agenda item, wherein the AI service determined the missing info by analysing similar agenda items; anddisplaying on a GUI the new agenda item and missing information
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Example – EP 3309730 – Agenda Creation
Technical aspects:• Implementation on a computing system with display means and
connected to a network
• Using AI to perform various administrative tasks
• NOT INVENTIVE
• Withdrawn March 2019
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Contrast with the US
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Contrast with US
Novelty
Patent Eligibility
Inventive Step
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Eligibility – three step test
Process, machine,
manufacture of composition?
Claiming a judicial
exception?(2A)
Add something extra?(2B)
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EP 3309730 filed in US
Is it patent eligible?
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US2018/101281 – Agenda Creation
Abstract idea = collecting a request for an agenda item, analysing collected request & displaying informationAnalogous to abstract ideas of • tracking or organising information (Electric Power Group)• comparison of known information (Classen)
Additional elements are just conventional computer elements
Not patent eligible
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Getting over the Hurdles
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Practical drafting tips
Explain why that happens
Claim those features
Explain what happens
Technical effect
US says ‘something extra’
EPO says ‘technical effect’
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Example – US2018/101281 – Agenda Creation
Amendment: “the one or more suggested agenda items … are based upon one or more action items from a prior electronic meeting”
Applicant successfully argued that this took them outside the judicial exceptions BUT
Claim still considered obvious over prior art combination so further amendment may still be needed
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Questions?