Patent decision

BL number

O/007/12

Concerning rights in

GB 0812495.0

Hearing Officer

Mr A Bartlett

Decision date

13 January 2012

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Joshua Tabin

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention relates to an interface as used in a price comparison tool having multiple selection criteria, and particularly to automatic adjustment of these selection criteria. It provides for relative weighting values to be persisted with after adjustment to a point of equality. E.g. if one of the selection criteria is “maxed out” to 100%, forcing each of the others to 0%, and then reduced again, the other selection criteria will be automatically increased in proportion to their levels relative to each other before having been forced to 0%. Following the Aerotel steps, as modified by Symbian, and the AT&T/CVON signposts, the Hearing Officer found that the claimed invention was excluded from patentability as a computer program not providing a saving technical effect.

Full decision O/007/12 92Kb