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Software Patent of the Month - March
The "software patent of the month March" has been chosen. Thank you for your participation!Below are the results:
| Patent | Votes | Percentage |
| EP375330 Centralised database | 446 | 14.89% |
![[14.89%]](../images/bar/bar066.png){kind=small} |
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| EP1176517 Server stores modifications | 333 | 11.11% |
![[11.11%]](../images/bar/bar049.png){kind=small} |
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| EP619565 payment with chip card | 280 | 9.35% |
![[9.35%]](../images/bar/bar041.png){kind=small} |
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| EP249293 Context menu | 1713 | 57.18% |
![[57.18%]](../images/bar/bar255.png){kind=small} |
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| EP256816 Image processor shows intermediate results | 224 | 7.48% |
![[7.48%]](../images/bar/bar033.png){kind=small} |
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Total votes: 2996
The five EU software patents nominated for the election of the "software patent of the month March" share a common feature: After these five patents had been granted, protests were entered against each of them. In all of the five cases the protests were rejected. Otherwise we have made the choice of these patents randomly.
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