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Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha [2004] UKIntelP o31804 (19 October 2004)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/318/04
Concerning rights in
GB0110300.1
Hearing Officer
Mr M G Wilson
Decision date
19 October 2004
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Provisions discussed
PA 1977, section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to a computer-based man-hour management system which manages man-hours for producing automobiles on an automobile production plant, which offers man-hour information effective to diminish the numbers of man-hours in each individual process unit and between processes. Despite an offer to limit the claim to an automobile production plant including the man-hour management system, it was held that the invention claimed in this specification was a method of doing business or a program for a computer, and that there was no technical contribution which would prevent its exclusion from patentability.


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