EPO Hosts First Conference on Patenting Artificial Intelligence

2018/06/01

On May 30, more than 350 representatives of industry, academia, user associations, patent law firms, the judiciary, national patent offices and government bodies gathered in Munich to discuss the challenges and opportunities of "Patenting Artificial Intelligence" (AI) at the EPO's first major conference on the topic. In a series of presentations and panel discussions, participants discussed various solutions for how the patent system can provide applicants with a solid and predictable framework for patenting AI inventions. In a number of panel discussions, patent professionals shared their strategies and lessons related to patenting AI inventions. This included discussion of example cases, how the patent applications were drafted and how they were handled by the EPO.
Source: EPO