Patent decision
- BL number
- O/0292/23
- Concerning rights in
- GB2211038.1
- Hearing Officer
- Mr B Micklewright
- Decision date
- 21 March 2023
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Apple Inc.
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act 1977 sections 1(1)(d), 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- O/1086/22
Summary
The invention related to a payment transaction system for a device such as a set-top box or smart TV whereby a proximate device is selected which is most likely to perform the payment transaction. The hearing officer found that the invention related to a method for doing business and a program for a computer as such and therefore refused the application.
Full decision O/0292/23 
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