Patent decision

BL number

O/402/19

Concerning rights in

GB1522448.8

Hearing Officer

Mr S Brown

Decision date

12 July 2019

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

ABB Technology AG

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 Section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates to the display screen of a tool which is used for configuring field devices. The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and considered the signposts laid out in HTC v Apple and decided that the contribution made by the invention was excluded as a program for a computer, as such. The Hearing Officer then considered Gemstar v Virgin Media and decided that the contribution was also excluded as the presentation of information, as such. The application was thus refused under section 18(3).

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