Method for Estimating ML Replacement of Hand-Coded Functions

ChangeBridge: EPO Bulletin - AI & Computing (G06N)

Published March 25th, 2026

Detected April 1st, 2026

Summary

The European Patent Office published Siemens Aktiengesellschaft's patent application EP4345610A1 on March 25, 2026, covering a method for estimating potential replacement of hand-coded functions in program code with machine learning algorithms. The patent application names Stefan Rothbauer and Tudor Ionescu as inventors and designates multiple European member states along with other territories.

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The EPO published patent application EP4345610A1 for Siemens AG, disclosing a method and system for evaluating whether hand-coded functions in software can be replaced by machine learning algorithms. The invention relates to technical fields including G06N 3/08 (neural networks) and G06F 8/77 (software adaptation), with inventors Stefan Rothbauer and Tudor Ionescu. Designated states include all European Patent Convention member states plus several additional countries.

This is a routine patent publication notice with no compliance obligations or required actions for third parties. Technology companies and software developers may wish to review this patent when developing ML-based solutions to assess potential freedom-to-operate considerations.

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A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT OF AT LEAST ONE HAND-CODED FUNCTION IN A PROGRAM CODE WITH A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AS WELL AS AN ELECTRONIC COMPUTING DEVICE

Publication EP4345610A1 Kind: A1 Mar 25, 2026

Applicants

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Inventors

ROTHBAUER, Stefan, IONESCU, Tudor

IPC Classifications

G06F 8/77 20180101AFI20260112BHEP G06F 8/72 20180101ALI20260112BHEP G06N 3/08 20230101ALI20260112BHEP G06N 3/04 20230101ALI20260112BHEP

Designated States

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, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR

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