Patent decision

BL number

O/325/22

Concerning rights in

GB 1804920.5

Hearing Officer

Miss J Pullen

Decision date

13 April 2022

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Innoplexus AG

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 Section 1(2)(c)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates generally to computer networks; and more specifically, to systems that crawl. The invention is concerned with methods of (for) crawling websites, for example for crawling restricted websites, and specifically to, analysing source information associated with the websites to determine a crawling protocol thereof.

The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan four step test, considered the AT&T/CVON 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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