Patent decision

BL number

O/507/21

Concerning rights in

GB1804870.2

Hearing Officer

Miss J Pullen

Decision date

5 July 2021

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Innoplexus AG

Provisions discussed

Section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates identifying potential targets for pharmaceutical compounds by extracting them from a database of data sources and information related to pharmaceutical compounds and assessing the relative potential of targets by use of a scoring system.

The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan four step test, considered the AT&T/CVON signposts and found that the contribution fell within the excluded categories as a computer program as such. The application was refused under section 18(3).

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