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Suunto OY [2010] UKIntelP o08910 (15 March 2010)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/089/10
Concerning rights in
GB0613207.0
Hearing Officer
Mr S Brown
Decision date
15 March 2010
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Suunto OY
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Sections 1(1)(b) & 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (allowed), Inventive step
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to a portable device for measuring the movements of a sportsman, typically a golfer, which manipulates the data to produce a single number that is characteristic of the repeatability of the movements. Applying the Windsurfing/Pozzoli test the claims were found to be inventive. Applying the Aerotel/Macrossan test the contribution was found not to fall solely within excluded matter. The claims are thus allowable and the application was remitted to the examiner.


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