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The Boeing Company (Patent) [2014] UKIntelP o16814 (15 April 2014)

Patent decision

BL number
O/168/14
Concerning rights in
GB1110373.6
Hearing Officer
Mr S Brown
Decision date
15 April 2014
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
The Boeing Company
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to a system for collaborative decision making which takes place over a network of computer terminals. The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter. He also considered the decisions in AT&T Knowledge Ventures LP and CVON and HTC Europe Co. Ltd. v Apple Inc. and concluded that the contribution did not have a relevant technical effect. The application was refused as no more than a program for a computer as such.


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