European Software Patents

European Software Patents

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Data Retrieval
Search in internet and personal notes: not technical

This decision concerns an European patent application relating to a method for presenting…

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Business Methods
Scheduling online sessions: non-technical

This decision concerns a method for scheduling online sessions. However, the Board did not grant a…

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Database Systems
Handling data requests on database using improved update indicator : Technical

The invention relates to handling data requests on a database by using an improved update indicator.…

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Business Methods
DETERMINING A TECHNICAL STOP OF A VEHICLE: non-technical

This decision concerns a method for determining a technical stop of a vehicle. However, the Board…

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Navigation Systems
Automatic update and execution of a flight plan based on a detected runway configuration: technical

The invention relates to an automatic update and execution of a flight plan based on a detected…

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Linguistics
Approximate string matching: non-technical

This decision concerns an European patent application relating to managing an archive for…

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Distributed Systems / Cloud Computing
Information distribution based on user preferences: non-technical

This decision concerns a system for distributing information based on a user’s state. However, the…

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Business Methods
Transaction amount: non-technical

This decision concerns using NFC technology for conducting payments. However, since the…

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Business Methods
Securely Rendering Online Ads in a webpage: technical

The invention relates to rendering online ads on a webpage. The Examining Division refused the…

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Security
Method for cardless payment: technical

This decision concerns an European patent application relating to cardless payment. Here are the…

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Audio / Video / Image Processing
Providing an advance warning of the end of a commercial break: non-technical

This decision concerns a method for providing an advance warning of the end of a commercial break.…

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Audio / Video / Image Processing
User-controlled playback of a tailored version of the recording: technical

This decision concerns an invention related to controlling the playback of a recording. The first…

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Data Retrieval
Activating a storage’s “power up in standby mode” depending on the host’s power savings mode: Technical

This decision concerns an invention related to a storage device supporting periodic writes while in…

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Graphical User Interfaces
Reminders on a mobile device: non-technical

This decision concerns a mobile phone application allowing event configuration and processing.…

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Graphical User Interfaces
Input device with vibration parameters for providing a realistic sensation of operation: Technical

This decision concerns an invention related to input unit, which presents an operator with the same…

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Graphical User Interfaces
Enhanced scrollbar: non-technical

This decision concerns an enhanced scroll bar. However, the Board did not grant a patent, because…

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Business Methods
Accepting a transaction if information about it provided by a customer and a POS coincide within certain limits: non-technical

This decision concerns an application relating to the authentication of a wireless payment…

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Modelling / Simulation
Increasing the robustness of a refinery by modelling: Technical

This decision concerns an invention related to product blending and component inventory management…