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Apparently, the patent has already been granted in Europe according to this page - https://piip.co.kr/en-us/news/batch-normalization-layers-goo...

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This is extremely surprising to me, but they really seem to have been granted the patent: https://register.epo.org/application?number=EP16704121&tab=m...

Here is the document describing the claim: https://register.epo.org/application?documentId=E2DY02O02738...

Did they check it for validity when it was granted, or will that only happen once someone disputes it? I'm not sure if checks are that thorough upon application.

I was under the impression that Europe didn't allow for software patents.

That's true, but batch normalization is not software any more than multiplication is.

Are you saying that Europe allows patents on pure math?

No that's not what I'm saying

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