The question of who invented the first computer and when was the computer invented has a complex answer that spans centuries ...

These numbers are certainly encouraging, but they include both computer-implemented and electronics-related inventions. A more nuanced story emerges when looking at patents and applications dealing ...

Only then the inventive step of the contribution is assessed. On July 6 2005, the European Parliament rejected the Directive on computer-implemented inventions (CII), after a more than five-year long ...