Patent decision

BL number

O/1058/23

Concerning rights in

GB2103745.2

Hearing Officer

Mr P Mason

Decision date

7 November 2023

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Landmark Graphics Corporation

Provisions discussed

Section 1(2) of the Patents Act 1977

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention provides a system and method to construct a seamless, scalable geological model whereby the user can adjust the scale from a planet scale down to a pore scale. By using a single model, the user is able to zoom in from a continent level down to the details of an individual well.

The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan four step test, considered the AT&T/CVON signposts and took notice of the Court’s decision in Halliburton Energy Services Inc's Applications. He found the invention to be excluded as a computer program as such and therefore refused the application under Section 18(3).

Full decision O/1058/23 499Kb