Science and Technology have been unfolding new eras of growth.
With each new ground breaking invention, there arises the need to
protect the intellect invested in the innovations. However,
granting protection can indeed be very challenging keeping in mind
the high standards of pre-requisites for granting of Patents.
Recently, the European Patent Office (EPO) issued certain
guidelines for patentability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
Machine Learning (ML). The guidelines state that AI & ML are
based on computational models and algorithms for classification,
clustering, regression and dimensionality reduction, such as neural
networks, genetic algorithms, support vector machines, k-means,
kernel regression and discriminant analysis. The guidelines state
that such computational models and algorithms are per se of an
"abstract mathematical nature", irrespective of
whether they can be "trained" based on training data. The
guideline focusses on mathematical algorithms to
