Patent decision

BL number
O/153/06
Concerning rights in
GB0122572.1
Hearing Officer
Mr D J Barford
Decision date
19 June 2006
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Robert B Franks
Provisions discussed
PA1977 section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention relates to a networked system for administering the renewal of intellectual property rights such as patents and trade marks. The advance was held to be confined to a mental act and a computer program as such (CFPH LLC’s Application [2006] RPC 5 and Macrossan’s Application [2006] EWHC 705 followed) and the application refused.

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