Patent decision

BL number

O/599/21

Concerning rights in

GB1702682.4

Hearing Officer

Mr B Micklewright

Decision date

12 August 2021

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 sections 1(1)(d), 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention related to launching a game application into a playable state by providing a game application launch object which presents a plurality of modes of operation to the user. Following a selection of one of these modes by the user, the game is launched into the relevant playable game state without needing to navigate any initial menus in the game application itself. Common game components are loaded before the user makes their selection. The hearing officer considered the invention to relate to a program for a computer as such and therefore refused the application.

Full decisionO/599/21  101Kb