Patent decision

BL number

O/0626/23

Concerning rights in

GB1816750.2

Hearing Officer

Mr S Brown

Decision date

3 July 2023

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

ImageNPay UK Limited

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 Section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application concerns a method for transferring a digital asset from a first user to a second user then supplying the second user with a graphic asset associated with the digital asset. This allows digitised transaction cards (e.g. payment cards, loyalty cards) to be associated with specific graphical images in a digital wallet.

The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and considered the decision in AT&T & Cvon. He decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter as a program for a computer and a method of doing business, as such. The application was refused under Section 18(3).

Full decision O/0626/23 297Kb