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Language Line Services Inc (Patent) [2014] UKIntelP o32414 (23 July 2014)

Patent decision

BL number
O/324/14
Concerning rights in
GB1103236.4
Hearing Officer
Mr B Micklewright
Decision date
23 July 2014
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Language Line Services Inc
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 Sections 1(1)(d) and 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention concerned a web-based system for evaluating a person’s language translation skills by providing written and oral examinations to the person, collating and evaluating the examinations, and providing the person with examination results and a certificate if they pass both examinations. The hearing officer found that the invention claimed in all claims was excluded from patentability as a method of doing business as such and a program for a computer as such. He therefore refused the application.


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