Patent decision

BL number

O/512/21

Concerning rights in

GB1521244.2

Hearing Officer

Mr P Mason

Decision date

6 July 2021

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Hitachi Ltd

Provisions discussed

Patent Act 1977 Section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention relates to an apparatus that recommends a meal to a user wherein the recommendation is based on user health information as well as meal information including nutritional value of a meal and unit price. The meal is presented to the user wherein the meal is intended to improve, or at least not exacerbate, the user’s health. The apparatus is intended to be operated on a computer terminal.

In applying the Aerotel steps, the hearing officer found the contribution related to a computer implemented method of analysing historic data, comparing this historic data to distinct databases relating to nutritional information and user health information in order to present the user a suggested menu. As such, he found it to be excluded as a method of doing business and/or a programme for a computer as such. The application was refused.

Full decision O/512/21 83Kb