T 0702/20 (Sparsely connected neural network/MITSUBISHI) of 07.11.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T070220.20221107
- Date of decision
- 7 November 2022
- Case number
- T 0702/20
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 14882049.1
- IPC class
- G06N 3/04
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- Abstract on EPC2000 Art 056
- Application title
- HIERARCHICAL NEURAL NETWORK DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD FOR DETERMINATION DEVICE, AND DETERMINATION METHOD
- Applicant name
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes)
Inventive step - (no) - Catchword
- A neural network defines a class of mathematical functions which, as such, is excluded matter. As for other "non-technical" matter, it can therefore only be considered for the assessment of inventive step when used to solve a technical problem, e.g. when trained with specific data for a specific technical task.
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.