Patent decision

BL number

O/1137/22

Concerning rights in

GB1806868.4

Hearing Officer

Mr B Micklewright

Decision date

23 December 2022

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Beringar Ltd

Provisions discussed

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

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention related to assessing the utilisation of floor space in a building. The floor area, capacity and number of occupants in each specified zone is determined, the latter being determined with a network of occupancy sensors. A measurement indicator of space utilisation is then determined for the building based on these parameters for each zone The hearing officer found that the contribution lay entirely in the excluded fields of a program for a computer as such and a method of doing business as such and therefore refused the application.

Full decision O/1137/22 281Kb