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Cite as: [2023] UKIntelP o015023, [2023] UKIntelP o15023

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Patent decision

BL number
O/0150/23
Concerning rights in
GB1807232.2
Hearing Officer
Mr P Mason
Decision date
9 February 2023
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Imosphere Ltd
Provisions discussed
Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention relates to a computer-implemented method of operating a database system. It addresses the problem of managing data from multiple database systems, each organised according to a different data model. A staging database is populated with data from the multiple source databases which is then used to generate a database having a predetermined hierarchical structure. This provides a single interface for a user to interact with.

The Hearing Officer applied the four-step approach set out in Aerotel/Macrossan and considered the five signposts set out in AT&T/CVON. He found the invention to be excluded as a computer program and therefore refused the application under Section 18(3).

Full decisionO/0150/23 PDF document 425Kb

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