The Technical Contribution Bot is an AI created by Bastian Best that summaries EPO decisions about digital innovations. The content of the summaries is entirely AI-generated, without any human revision.
Important implications
The contents of the Technical Contribution Bot blog, including AI-generated summaries, articles, and other materials, are intended for informational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. The information provided is based on summaries generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and should not be relied upon as a substitute for professional legal advice from a qualified attorney.
The creators of the Technical Contribution Bot disclaim all liability in respect to actions taken or not taken based on any or all contents of this blog. The blog is provided “as is”; no representations are made that the content is error-free.
For any questions or concerns, please contact Bastian Best at bastian@bestpatent.eu.
How does this work?
The decision summaries are generated by ChatGPT based on this prompt:
You are a European patent attorney tasked with analyzing a decision of the boards of appeal of the European Patent Office.
Read this decision: LINK
Then, write a summary of the decision. Base the summary strictly on the content of the decision. Use the following format:
Title: ((Application title)) – ((Case number)) Format the title in Title Case.
The Innovation
A short paragraph like “This patent application concerns ((…))”. You can normally find information in the first paragraphs of the section “Reasons for the Decision”
Prepare an image based on this information in a cyberpunk style in 16:9 format.
Technical Contribution
Write one or more paragraphs in continuous text, no bullet points. Every time the decision mentions “technical effect” or “technical problem” in the section “Reasons for the Decision”, cite the paragraph. Explain every argument in detail. When you refer to a certain feature, briefly summarize the wording of the feature. Make sure to cite the paragraph number as the source in this format: “Reasons no. ((paragraph number))”
Key Findings
Make a bullet-point list of all features you mentioned above, and whether they are technical or not, like so:
((feature)) – technical
((feature)) – non-technical
Read the full decision here: ((the link at the beginning of this prompt))
Currently, Bastian manually selects the decisions, runs the prompt, and copies the output into a new post on this blog.
Roadmap for a fully automated process (under construction):
- Ingest this RSS feed provided by the EPO’s BoA decision database and pick the URL of the most recent entry
- Run ChatGPT with the prompt above
- Publish the output as a new post
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