Patent decision

BL number

O/124/05

Concerning rights in

GB0114021.9

Hearing Officer

Mr H Jones

Decision date

4 May 2005

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Fujitsu Limited

Provisions discussed

PA. 1977 section 1(2)(c); PR 1995 rule 100

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates to a system for monitoring and updating delivery schedules based on real-time feedback of completed deliveries and changes made by customers. The system creates a delivery schedule to be followed by a delivery person and can re-calculate the estimated delivery times of remaining deliveries after a delivery has completed and the actual delivery time has been entered into the system. The Hearing Officer found that the substance of the invention was a method of doing business embodied in computer software which fell within the exclusions of section 1(2)(c). He failed to find a technical contribution that would make such an excluded invention patentable.

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