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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> CFPH L.L.C. (Patent) [2004] UKIntelP o36604 (14 December 2004) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2004/o36604.html Cite as: [2004] UKIntelP o36604 |
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Summary
The two applications are concerned with networked interactive wagering on the outcomes of events, with particular emphasis on reducing processing delays to a minimum so that in circumstances where prices are changing continuously, a client is provided with the most up-to-date information before placing a bet. In refusing the application, the hearing officer found that the invention was concerned merely with providing an improved transactional process over a computer network and therefore fell within the business method exclusion of section 1(2). The hearing officer went on to find that the invention did not provide a technical contribution required to make an otherwise excluded invention patentable, the invention in both applications merely representing non-technical changes to a business method in order to overcome technical problems.