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CVON Innovations Ltd [2008] UKIntelP o21308 (28 July 2008)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/213/08
Concerning rights in
GB0704837.4
Hearing Officer
Mr P Marchant
Decision date
28 July 2008
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
CVON Innovations Ltd
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention concerns the ranking of Internet search results in the context of mobile phone access to Internet content with content providers paying to improve their position in the ranking of search results. The invention takes into account the quantity of data to be transmitted, the cost of transmission and the payment offered by the content provider in determining the rankings. The hearing officer found the invention to be excluded form patentability as a method for doing business.


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