Patent decision

BL number

O/0675/24

Concerning rights in

GB2205367.2

Hearing Officer

Mr N Dowell

Decision date

16 July 2024

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977, Section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates to flipping a user interface on an electronic device to better suit users who prefer to read, or browse, from right to left. The described invention flips the whole user interface and then flips selected elements to the forward direction.

The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan four step test and considered the AT&T/CVON signposts. He found the invention to be excluded as a computer program as such, as well as relating to the presentation of information, and therefore refused the application under Section 18(3).

Full decision O/0675/24 278Kb