Patent decision

BL number

O/255/08

Concerning rights in

GB 0401039.3

Hearing Officer

Mr R C Kennell

Decision date

10 September 2008

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Abbas Yamkangaz

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 sections 1(1), 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused), Inventive step, Novelty

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention (which could be computer implemented) provided: (1) a text, (2) a programme or instructions on how to solve a problem based on, and possibly contained in, the text, (3) a formula, not necessarily mathematical, and which could in simple cases constitute the programme, containing variables to be used in solving the problem, (4) a list of possible values of variables for insertion into the formula, (5) choice of values from the list in order to solve the problem; and (6) display of the resulting solution. Refusing the application, the hearing officer held that, insofar as the invention was new and had an inventive step, it contributed (applying the Aerotel test) solely in the above excluded fields and was not technical in nature.

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