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Halliburton Energy Services Inc [2011] UKIntelP o17011 (19 May 2011)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/170/11
Concerning rights in
GB 0802302.2
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
19 May 2011
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Halliburton Energy Services Inc
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
[2011] UKIntelP o08011

Summary

The application related to a method of designing drill bits used to form wellbores in subterranean formations. The method seeks to optimise various drilling characteristics by using computer simulation of the interaction of the designed drill bit and the formation being cut. The Hearing Officer, following the reasoning in Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. v Smith International (North Sea) Ltd & Ors, found that the claimed invention, as a matter of substance, related to excluded matter namely a scheme for performing a mental act and a computer program. The application was refused.


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