New rules for patent examination
The amended part II, chapter 1, section 4.2 of the guidelines specifies that if a claim relating to business model has features of business rules and methods and technical features, such a claim shall not be excluded from patentability under article 25.1(2), which provides that a rule or method for activities in the mind is non-patentable subject matter.
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