Patent decision

BL number

O/1008/22

Concerning rights in

GB1911671.4

Hearing Officer

Mr H Jones

Decision date

16 November 2022

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Evolution IP Limited

Provisions discussed

The Patents Act 1977, section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates to a computer-based system for receiving certain information concerning the filing of a patent application, retrieving further information relevant to the application and presenting it for verification to a user, before submitting the minimum required information to a remote patent filing system. The application states that the invention aims to reduce human errors resulting from the incorrect or incomplete input of data by the user. The hearing officer found that the invention was excluded as a computer program and a business method.

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