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NMR Holdings No 2 Pty Limited [2005] UKIntelP o23005 (16 August 2005)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/230/05
Concerning rights in
GB04027914.7 and GB0427915.4
Hearing Officer
Mr M G Wilson
Decision date
16 August 2005
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
NMR Holdings No 2 Pty Limited
Provisions discussed
PA 1977, section 1
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The applications both relate to a method of manufacturing a coil characterised by a method of design which consists of a series of mathematical steps. Each is divided from an application directed to a coil per se. Objection was raised that the claims related in substance to a mental act and/or mathematical method.

Following CFPH LLCs Application [2005] EWHC 1589 Pat and Halliburton Energy Services Inc v Smith International (North Sea) Ltd and others [2005] EWHC 1623 Pat, it was held that the advance set out in the claims of both applications were mental acts and/or mathematical methods and therefore excluded from patentability under Section 1.


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