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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2023/o028423.html
Cite as: [2023] UKIntelP o028423, [2023] UKIntelP o28423

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Patent decision

BL number
O/0284/23
Concerning rights in
GB2016046.1
Hearing Officer
Mr S Brown
Decision date
16 March 2023
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Kinaxis Inc
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application concerns a system which selects one of a plurality of machine learning models to forecast the sales of products.

The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and considered the guidance in Halliburton and Merrill Lynch, and decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter as a method of doing business. He also considered the decision in AT&T & Cvon and concluded that the contribution was also excluded as a program for a computer. The application was refused under Section 18(3).

Full decisionO/0284/23 PDF document 344Kb

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