Patent decision

BL number

O/1000/22

Concerning rights in

GB1906001.1

Hearing Officer

Mr P Mason

Decision date

15 November 2022

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Raytheon Systems Limited

Provisions discussed

Section 1(2) of the Patents Act 1977

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention relates to a computer implemented application storage and distribution system which distributes applications, and the permissions associated with each application, to a mobile device of a user in response to receiving their user credentials. The application permissions include certificates signed by the developer, or known certificate authority, for validating the applications so that the applications can access the resources of the mobile device.

The Hearing Officer applied the four-step approach set out in the Court of Appeal judgment in Aerotel, and considered the signposts provided by AT&T/CVON. The Hearing Officer found the contribution fell solely within the excluded matter as a computer programme as such. The application was refused.

Full decision O/1000/22 458Kb