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T 0183/21 - Feedback control of model training

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T 0183/21 - Feedback control of model training

This recent decision concerned a recommender system for recommending items to users, for example video in a VOD system or products.

A change of emotional perception

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A change of emotional perception

A recent High Court appeal (Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2023] EWHC 2948 (Ch)) has up-ended the examination practice of ANNs in the UK.

AI in medicine – ways not to get a patent and what we can learn from them

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AI in medicine – ways not to get a patent and what we can learn from them

In the more recent decision T 1910/20 building a therapy plan was held not to be a technical task and therefore a display to help better understand glucose measurement data was just a non-technical di...

Parallel reinsurance

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Parallel reinsurance

The recent decision T 2910/19 is an example of a mathematical method of evaluating insurance claims, which was implemented based on technical consideration so that the implementation had a technical e...

No reasonable doubt that neural networks can provide technical tools – but what problem is solved?

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No reasonable doubt that neural networks can provide technical tools – but what problem is solved?

In its decision T 0702/20 the Board of Appeal considered an invention directed to a sparsely connected neural network, which the applicant tried to protect per se, independent of any specific technica...

Cycling outside the computer

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Cycling outside the computer

The decision BL O/938/22 of the UKIPO hearing officer considers the patentability of optimisation / simulation methods, the results of which have an effect outside the computer.

Technicality: you can’t just make it up…

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Technicality: you can’t just make it up…

The recent EPO Board of Appeal decision T 0698/19, while more concerned with the field of business-driven innovation provides a handy summary of how the EPO looks at matters that are a mix of technica...

Digital Health and AI as medical device

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Digital Health and AI as medical device

As part of a wider overhaul of medical device regulation in the UK, the UK government recently published a roadmap for patient-centric regulation of software, including AI, as a medical device.

Large Language Models – a basic explainer and look at IP developments

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Large Language Models – a basic explainer and look at IP developments

One of the most active areas of AI currently is the field of Large Language Models (LLMs). There is also plenty of controversy regarding these models and their use.