Matters before the Patent Office are judged on the basis of a balance of probabilities. Apple Inc. [2021] APO 28 illustrates that matters an alleged prior public use will be scrutinized with care.
A presentation of information type application was held to lack a techical effect in Europe
There have been a number of decisions from the Australian Patent Office regarding some software related inventions. Apple Inc. [2021] APO 18 is a favourable decision.
This case considered claim support under the Patents Act 1990 (Australia)
The case concerned inventorship of method and apparatus claims. There was inventive skill in the arrangement of the apparatus. It was not a case of adding common general knowledge to the inventive concept. It was held that there was joint inventorship.