The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) recently released new guidelines on patentable subject matter and a set of examples applying these new guidelines.(1)
In this video, Artemis Lai summarises the main changes introduced and examines how CIPO will deem computer-implemented inventions to be patentable under the new guidelines, in the form of three steps:
- Step 1: identify 'essential elements' of claim (1:00).
- Step 2: determine 'actual invention' of claim (4:10).
- Step 3: determine whether 'actual invention' of claim has physicality (7:34).
Artemis also offers advice to applicants of computer-implemented inventions to increase their chances of overcoming patentable subject matter objections in Canada.
Endnotes
(1) For further details please see "CIPO's new guideline changes".
