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Fisher-Rosemount Systems Inc [2007] UKIntelP o15107 (1 June 2007)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/151/07
Concerning rights in
GB 0514164.3
Hearing Officer
Mr J Elbro
Decision date
1 June 2007
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Fisher-Rosemount Systems Inc
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
[2007] UKIntelP o14807, [2007] UKIntelP o14907, [2007] UKIntelP o15007, [2007] UKIntelP o15207

Summary

The application related to a process control system which used program objects corresponding to components of the process, and specifically objects corresponding to physical connections between process components. The hearing officer followed the four-step approach to the assessment of patentability under section 1(2) approved by the Court of Appeal in Aerotel/Macrossan [2006] EWCA Civ 1371 in determining whether the invention was excluded from patentability. He held that the contribution defined by the claims was a program object which linked to other program objects, and that therefore they were excluded from patentability as a computer program as such.


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