Study of the methodology of invention examination in the field of information technology

In the article, a practical case is considered, describing the experience of ensuring legal protection of technical solutions in the field of information technology. It reflects the process of interaction with the examination during the application review, as well as the subsequent process of considering objections against the issuance of a patent in the Chamber for Patent Disputes. The article raises issues related to the classification of the claimed solution as non-inventions and the recognition of the solution as not meeting the inventive step criterion, and describes actions that allow for the cancellation of the decision of refusal and obtaining a decision on the issuance of a patent.

Keywords: invention in the field of information technology, software, substantive examination of the invention

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