Re:The "Technical Contribution" Criterion (Score 1)

An AC wrote:

This contradicts Amendment 14 of Article 2 in the directive which simplified says:

a "computer-implemented invention" means an invention the performance of which involves the use of a computer and having features which are realised by means of a computer program

Article 2 in its present form is a Trojan Horse, not a washing machine.

Note that not all "computer-implemented inventions" are patentable. In particular, article 4 constrains the patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" as follows (emphasis by me):

In order to be patentable, a computer-implemented invention must be susceptible of industrial application and new and involve an inventive step. In order to involve an inventive step, a computer-implemented invention must make a technical contribution.

Member States shall ensure that a computer-implemented invention making a technical contribution constitutes a necessary condition of involving an inventive step.