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Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. [2011] UKIntelP o31911 (12 September 2011)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/319/11
Concerning rights in
GB 0521685.8
Hearing Officer
Mrs C L Davies
Decision date
12 September 2011
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Sections 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application concerns the selective reading of data from a memory tag, using a stored user profile. The memory tag may be used in a variety of applications from museums to identifying allergy information associated with an item in a shop. The applicant’s arguments that the system provided a more efficient system, with lower bandwidth requirements, and that it amounted to a new arrangement, using a new memory structure were not found to be persuasive, through the application of the AT&T/CVON signposts. The hearing officer found, on applying the Aerotel/Macrossan test that the contribution lay solely within the excluded field of a computer program and refused the application.


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