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Cite as: [2023] UKIntelP o37623, [2023] UKIntelP o037623

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Patent decision

BL number
O/0376/23
Concerning rights in
GB2113830.0
Hearing Officer
Mr B Micklewright
Decision date
20 April 2023
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
International Business Machines Corporation
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 sections 1(1)(d), 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention related to digital twin based asset upgrade management whereby upcoming changes for the assets are received through a continuous feed of information and used to update digital twins (virtual representations of physical objects), which are used to calculate usage metrics for the assets. These, along with the upcoming changes, are used in the creation of a report concerning dependencies. The hearing officer found that the claimed invention, and also the invention claimed in a second claim set, were excluded from patentability as a program for a computer as such and a method of doing business as such. He therefore refused the application.

Full decisionO/0376/23 PDF document 316Kb

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