Editing Software patent (section)

===Computer-implemented invention (CII)===
{{Main|Software patents under the European Patent Convention}}
Under the [[European Patent Convention]] (EPC), and in particular its Article 52,<ref>{{EPC Article|52}}</ref> "[[computer programs|programs for computers]]" are not regarded as inventions for the purpose of granting European patents,<ref>{{EPC Article|52|1}}</ref> but this exclusion from patentability only applies to the extent to which a European patent application or European patent relates to a computer program as such.<ref>{{EPC Article|52|3}}</ref> As a result of this partial exclusion, and despite the fact that the EPO subjects patent applications in this field to a much stricter scrutiny<ref name=LaubThesis>{{cite thesis|url=http://www.miplc.de/research/master_theses/2004_2005/abstracts/abstract_laub.pdf|first=Christoph|last=Laub|title=International Software Patent Filing: The Problem of Statutory Subject Matter in view of Legal Standards at the EPO-USPTO and Economic Implications|year=2005|orig-year=Academic Year 2004/2005|type=Master's|publisher=Munich Intellectual Property Law Center |access-date=21 March 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621083254/http://www.miplc.de/research/master_theses/2004_2005/abstracts/abstract_laub.pdf|archive-date=June 21, 2007}}</ref> when compared to their [[USPTO|American counterpart]], that does not mean that all [[invention]]s including some [[software]] are ''[[de jure]]'' not [[patentability|patentable]].