Maybe this can help you?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Software_patents_under_the_European_Patent_Convention" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Software_patents_under_the_Eur...</a><p>It is difficult, as that article points out. But to suggest the non-patentability of software is &quot;just hard to take seriously&quot; is, well, just hard to take seriously, when the largest economy in the world is doing it.