Patent decision

BL number

O/479/15

Concerning rights in

GB1306415.9

Hearing Officer

Mrs C L Davies

Decision date

13 October 2015

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Netgear Inc

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 Section 1(2)(c)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates to filtering information in a computer network appliance for modifying an advertising request in a network appliance to obtain a customized advertisement. Thus a recipient receives a more tailored, customised advertising experience.

The Hearing Officer considered the four-step approach in Aerotel/Macrossan and found the contribution of the invention to reside solely within the excluded field of a business method and a computer program as such. Having found no technical contribution, the application was refused under section 18(3).

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