Patent decision

BL number

O/0461/23

Concerning rights in

GB1903234.1

Hearing Officer

Mr H Jones

Decision date

17 May 2023

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

IGT Global Solutions Corporation & IGT

Provisions discussed

Section 1(2)(c)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates to the generation, distribution, tracking and redemption of lottery tickets in a lottery system. In accordance with the guidance set out by the Court of Appeal in Aerotel, the hearing officer found that the contribution made by the invention related to the use of conventional blockchain technology in a lottery system in order to improve resistance to tampering. The hearing officer found this to be a business consideration implemented by way of a computer program, so refused the application.

Full decision O/0461/23 187Kb