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Websense UK limited [2009] UKIntelP o11409 (1 May 2009)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/114/09
Concerning rights in
GB 0420024.2
Hearing Officer
Mr S Brown
Decision date
1 May 2009
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Websense UK limited
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to a system for controlling or monitoring internet access by categorizing URLs and the structure of a cache memory to achieve this.

The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter. He also considered the Court of Appeal decision in Symbian and the decision in AT&T & Cvon and concluded that the contribution did not have a relevant technical effect. The application was refused as being some combination of a mathematical method and a program for a computer as such.


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