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Cite as: [2013] UKIntelP o00413, [2013] UKIntelP o413

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Accenture Global Services Limited (Patent) [2013] UKIntelP o00413 (4 January 2013)

Patent decision

BL number
O/004/13
Concerning rights in
GB1100108.8
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
4 January 2013
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Accenture Global Services Limited
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to a method and computer program for predicting the cost of emerging technologies. The invention applied standard S curves to certain data points and also enabled the impact of various drivers on the predicted costs to be graphically represented.

Applying the the Aerotel/Macrossan test, the hearing officer decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter. The application was refused as being a progam for a computer, a method of doing business and a mathematical method as such


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