Patent decision

BL number

O/222/22

Concerning rights in

GB 1804892.6

Hearing Officer

Miss J Pullen

Decision date

15 March 2022

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Innoplexus AG

Provisions discussed

Section 1(2)(c)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates generally to data processing, specifically to methods for parsing a user query. The invention is concerned with analysing the semantics (e.g. inferring the contextual meaning) of segments (e.g. words) of the user query.

The hearing officer followed the Aerotel approach, considered the AT&T signposts and found that the identified contribution of the independent claims did not make a technical contribution and that the claims are excluded from patentability as a computer program as such. The application was refused under section 18(3).

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