The irony is that it's not probably not patentable in Europe.
Mistral Patent for “Code implemented tool calls”
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Re: Mistral Patent for “Code implemented tool calls”
#12So anyone have prior art we can point to? Because no way is a rpc call novel.
Seems that this is a patent application from March, so a challenge should still be possible. But it would have to come from a named entity afaik (not a lawyer).
Re: Mistral Patent for “Code implemented tool calls”
#13So anyone have prior art we can point to? Because no way is a rpc call novel.
I didn't carefully read either of these, but it reminds me of https://blog.cloudflare.com/code-mode-mcp/ (note it predates the filing).
Re: Mistral Patent for “Code implemented tool calls”
#14How is the US patent registry easy to search ? I would be curious to see the patent registration of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc. One way or another, I do fully expect every of those companies to try to fill these kinds of "almost for sure invalid and overturnable" patent as a way to defend themselves from every other actor (the classic "Oh I infringed on your patent ? Well here are some of MY patent you are infrin…
https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/ try this
Re: Mistral Patent for “Code implemented tool calls”
#15This is just an RPC with JSON being passed around like a messaging system. So we are just vibe patenting rubbish and rebranding it with AI?
> So we are just vibe patenting rubbish and rebranding it with AI?
"Patenting rubbish" is a description of pretty much all software patents since forever.
Re: Mistral Patent for “Code implemented tool calls”
#16It should be embarrassing and shameful to apply for such a trivial patent.
Re: Mistral Patent for “Code implemented tool calls”
#17Mistral has set off my stink test for a while now, they seem to be a "friendly EU AI provider" who are really an EU mouthpiece for regulation and stifling competition instead of actually innovating
Edit: downvote if you want, but here's another example: "Companies selling artificial intelligence models in Europe should pay a "levy" to support cultural industries, the head of French developer Mistral said on Friday, March 20." https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/03/20/m...
Re: Mistral Patent for “Code implemented tool calls”
#18Do software patents only exist for rich players to build a moat against poorer players? At this point with patents of this quality only reason for them to exist seems to be to cross-license them for extra revenue and to possibly block anyone too poor to fight for themselves...
Re: Mistral Patent for “Code implemented tool calls”
#19Patent for the most basic pattern seen in literally all of software engineering
Or it’s a patent for ”a method” of doing that, that is much more specific?
Re: Mistral Patent for “Code implemented tool calls”
#20So without sandbox: it doesn't apply. Without explicit tool approval step: it doesn't apply. Response in xml: it doesn't apply.
What is the point?