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Cite as: [2023] UKIntelP o041123, [2023] UKIntelP o41123

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Patent decision

BL number
O/0411/23
Concerning rights in
GB2012345.1
Hearing Officer
Mr H Jones
Decision date
3 May 2023
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
CITA - The Wireless Association
Provisions discussed
Section 1(2)(c)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to testing candidate Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices sequentially against first, second and third sets of cyber security criteria, and issuing certificates if the device passes the tests. One of the tests can include a check as to whether the device issues an alert if tampered. The hearing officer found that assigning a level of certification to IoT devices based on known tests is an administrative task and that the contribution fell within the scope of the business method exclusion. When performed on a suitably programmed computer, he also found the method to be fall within the computer program exclusion. The application was refused.

Full decisionO/0411/23 PDF document 221Kb

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