Patent decision

BL number

O/0657/23

Concerning rights in

GB2114284.9

Hearing Officer

Mr S Brown

Decision date

4 July 2023

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Optum Inc

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 Section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application concerns using a machine learning model to predict a disease risk score for a patient. The machine learning model is graph based and is generated using genetic programming operations based on patient data.

The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and considered the decision in AT&T & Cvon. He also considered the issue of ‘product by process’ and referred to the decision in kirin Amgen. He decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter as a program for a computer, as such. The application was refused under Section 18(3).

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