Patent decision
- BL number
- O/424/17
- Concerning rights in
- GB1519439.2
- Hearing Officer
- Miss J Pullen
- Decision date
- 11 September 2017
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- ABB Technology AG
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to managing and configuring field devices in an automation installation, where the functions and the data of these field devices is provided in information packets and a user at a client device can integrate and configure the field devices into a system. The problem addressed is that the information packets are processed at a server device and so there is intensive interaction between the client and server which can result in a bottleneck in client/server communications.
The Hearing Officer followed the four step test in Aerotel/Macrossan, reviewed the AT&T signposts (in particular signposts 4 and 5) and found that the claimed invention related to a program for a computer as such. No saving amendment could be identified and the application was refused.
Full decision O/424/17 
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