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Cite as: [2022] UKIntelP o104522

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Patent decision

BL number
O/1045/22
Concerning rights in
GB2018211.9
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
29 November 2022
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Institute for Information Industry
Provisions discussed
PA S 1(2)(c)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention relates to a federated machine learning system comprising a host which processes training results from clients based on a threshold difference in the number of training rounds and the time taken to receive training results from clients. The hearing officer did not consider there to be a technical effect external to the system in light of Lantana, and no technical problem was solved. The hearing officer considered a contribution which was said to provide a more accurate model and better learning process, but concluded that this was no more than a better computer program. The application was therefore refused.

Full decisionO/1045/22 PDF document 333Kb

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