Wie umgeht man Art. 52 EPÜ?
Die Software-Patent-Richtlinie von 2004

Richtlinienvorschlag („Gemeinsamer Standpunkt“)
des Europäischen Rats vom 18.5.2004
Artikel 5(2):

A claim to a computer program, either on its own or on a carrier, shall not be allowed unless that program would, when loaded and executed in a computer, programmed computer network or other programmable apparatus, put into force a product or process claimed in the same patent application in accordance with paragraph 1.

     int patentierbar (Software x)
     {
       if (tpwwlaeiacpcnoopapifapopcitspaiawp1 (x))
         return 1;
       return 0;
     }
 
     int tpwwlaeiacpcnoopapifapopcitspaiawp1 (Software x)
     {
       /* ??? */
     }