Patent decision

BL number

O/001/22

Concerning rights in

GB1407692.1

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

4 January 2022

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Chadex Ltd

Provisions discussed

Patents Act S1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention relates to a method and a script for displaying a page in an internet browser. In particular, the application relates to a method of uploading advertisements to be displayed on a page in an internet browser only when those advertisements would be visible to the user. Further it relates to a method of determining how long the advert is visible to the user to enable more accurate billing. The hearing officer found he invention to be excluded as a computer program and as a method of doing business. The application was therefore refused.

Full decision O/001/22 303Kb