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Bank of America Corporation (Patent) [2012] UKIntelP o37912 (4 October 2012)

Patent decision

BL number
O/379/12
Concerning rights in
GB0916278.5
Hearing Officer
Mr S Brown
Decision date
4 October 2012
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Bank of America Corporation
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to a method of providing a financial ‘risk score’ within the authorisation process of a wireless financial transaction. 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 concluded that the contribution did not have a relevant technical effect. The application was refused as no more than a program for a computer and a method for doing business as such.


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