Patent decision

BL number

O/0773/23

Concerning rights in

GB2016577.5

Hearing Officer

Mr B Micklewright

Decision date

14 August 2023

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Bytemark Inc

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 sections 1(1)(d), 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention related to a transit system for transporting passengers using autonomous vehicles. Once a user selects a destination on a mobile application the application selects a transit station and, by analysing various data, commands an autonomous vehicle to drive to the transit station by the expected time of arrival of the user. A ticketless system was also claimed. The hearing officer found that the contribution lay in the excluded fields of a program for a computer as such and a method of doing business as such. He therefore refused the application.

Full decision O/0773/23 287Kb