That point was stated explicitly in the <ahref="http://www.european-patent-office.org/news/pressrel/2000_11_29_e.htm"> Statement by Dr Roland Grossenbacher, Chairman of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation</a>
as follows:
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First, I should point out that the Conference agreed not to delete
computer programs from the list of non-patentable inventions. For the
meantime, the existing legal position therefore remains unchanged. The
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and inventive technical contribution to the state of the
art. Technical solutions for use in data processing or for carrying
out methods of doing business therefore remain patentable.
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