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Cite as: [2021] UKIntelP o11121

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Patent decision

BL number
O/111/21
Concerning rights in
GB1604478.6
Hearing Officer
Mr S Brown
Decision date
19 February 2021
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
GREE Inc
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 1(1)(b) and 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused), Inventive step
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to creating templates within a computer game that record the positions of items within said game. The Hearing Officer applied theAerotel/Macrossantest and considered the signposts laid out inHTC v Appleand decided that the contribution was not an improved computer interface but rather fell solely within excluded matter. Having decided that the claims were excluded under Section 1(2) The hearing Officer declined to consider the issue of inventive step. The application was refused as relating to no more than a program for a computer as such.

Full decisionO/111/21 PDF document 324Kb

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