be attributes of all inventions and in relation to the corresponding meaning of the term invention, the Board considered that: The "contribution" or "technical effect" approach followed in the Aerotel/Macrossan judgement was abandoned by the Boards of Appeal of the EPO ten years ago and the board in T 154/04 confirmed that there were "convincing reasons" for abandoning this approach. The Board further considered that See also Business method patent List of UK judgments relating to excluded subject matter Software patent References External links Collection of materials relating to the Macrossan case collated by Neal Macrossan TheLawyer.com commentary Withers and Rogers commentary FFII analysis Wragge and Co analysis/speech of December 2007 Software patent case law Court of Appeal (England and Wales) cases United Kingdom patent case law 2006 in British case law