Annex
Examples of refused apllications
These are some recent examples of applications for business method inventions that Hearing Officers have refused. The full texts of the decisions and further examples are available on this site.
- A computer system for optimising an investment portfolio to reflect the investor's wishes on risk, investment spread and investment limits - O/215/04
- An internet-based system for allowing individuals to club together to benefit from bulk purchase discounts: those who commit themselves early get a better price - O/208/04
- A reminder system which sends a single consolidated reminder for all the actions necessary in the next week or month, rather than sending lots of separate reminders - O/193/04
- A reverse auction system which also monitors a purchasers purchasing history so as to recommend further purchases that are likely to be of interest - O/195/04
- An online betting system that automatically adjusts the odds to ensure that payouts will be of rounded amounts - O/199/04
- An online trading system which allows a bid to have visible and concealed portions, so a bidder can enter the market without distorting it - O/147/04
- A system for automatically optimising the scheduling of airline crew - O/125/04
- An internet-based grocery shopping system which tells customers how much freezer space their order will require - O/121/04
- A system for sharing information about semiconductor product design - O/031/04
- A system for managing a debt-recovering process - O/030/04