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Author Rbreidbrown   Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Jane Lambert Less than two months after its decisions in the DABUS cases  which I blogged in Artificial Intelligence - The DABUS Decisions   19 Feb 2020 NIPC Law, the Receiving Section of the European Patent Office has published a press release announcing that it has accepted a patent application for an improved method of rodent presentation. The invention was developed at the Institiut National des Ḗtudes Rongeuses at Zimmerbach in Alsace.  The specification states that cats have a predilection for delivering mice and other small mammals to their keepers (possibly as a gesture of affection) but conventional methods of delivery, namely in the feline's jaws present quality control challenges for the recipients.  Sometimes the specimen is still alive which causes recipients of a nervous disposition to scream and climb on furniture as soon as it is released.  Alternatively, the specimen m...

Jane Lambert In a press release published yesterday, the European Patent Office announced a visit by Tim Moss, the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks,  and Sean Dennehey  to the European Patent Office (see  Meeting with UK Intellectual Property Office highlights role of patents in supporting innovation   26 March 2018).  According to the press release, the Comptroller and Mr Dennehey met the EPO President Benoît Battistelli. The Comptroller and President discussed recent developments in IPO, including the EPO annual report, bilateral co-operation and preparations for setting up the new unitary patent system. The EPO Vice-President updated the British delegation on such topics as search and examination, digital systems, the EPO's quality management system, and European and international co-operation.  Apparently, "a new and ambitious strategy for the UK IPO, a key element of which is to draw upon the knowledge...