Google EP Patent, Memory-Augmented Self-Attention Neural Networks, Apr 15
Summary
The European Patent Office published patent application EP4396729A1 titled 'USING MEMORY TO AUGMENT SELF-ATTENTION IN NEURAL NETWORKS' on April 15, 2026. Google LLC is listed as the applicant with Christian Szegedy, DeLesley Hutchins, Markus Rabe, and Yuhuai Wu as inventors. The patent covers memory-augmented neural network architectures classified under IPC G06N (computer models based on biological or biological-inspired methods).
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EPO published patent application EP4396729A1 for Google LLC covering memory-augmented self-attention mechanisms in neural networks. The patent application lists four inventors and carries IPC classification G06N across multiple subclasses including G06N 3/045, G06N 3/084, G06N 3/048, G06N 3/063, and G06N 20/00.
Technology companies developing AI and neural network systems should be aware that Google LLC has secured intellectual property protection in this memory-augmentation technique for self-attention architectures across all 27 designated European Patent Convention states.
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USING MEMORY TO AUGMENT SELF-ATTENTION IN NEURAL NETWORKS
Publication EP4396729A1 Kind: A1 Apr 15, 2026
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Google LLC
Inventors
SZEGEDY, Christian, HUTCHINS, DeLesley Stuart, RABE, Markus Norman, WU, Yuhuai
IPC Classifications
G06N 3/045 20230101AFI20230414BHEP G06N 3/084 20230101ALI20230414BHEP G06N 3/048 20230101ALI20230414BHEP G06N 3/063 20230101ALI20230414BHEP G06N 20/00 20190101ALI20230414BHEP
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AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR
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