Patent decision

BL number

O/375/21

Concerning rights in

GB1604960.3

Hearing Officer

Miss J Pullen

Decision date

19 May 2021

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Kwesi Jhannon Fanus, Aleksandra Ewa Nalepa-Fanus

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 Section 1(2)(c)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application describes a network/web based commerce platform for enhancing trade and for improving an on-line interactive experience and for amplifying and facilitating commerce. The platform has a central hub/server/resource that is accessible by a user interface, a developer interface and a supplier interface. A developer provides designated activities for user participation i.e. a game. The supplier interface allows a supplier to offer content, goods and/or services to the developer for use in developing the designated activities for the user. The developer can engineer the activity to promote access to certain content, goods and/or services for the user based on their profile.

The hearing officer rejected the applicant’s submissions that the invention made a technical contribution. The hearing officer found the contributions of the independent claims to be excluded from patentability as a scheme, rule or method for doing business and a computer program, as such. The application was refused under section 18(3).

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