Patent decision

BL number

O/513/13

Concerning rights in

GB1301971.6

Hearing Officer

Dr J Houlihan

Decision date

19 December 2013

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

WMS Gaming, Inc

Provisions discussed

Section 1(2)(c)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

O/388/13

Summary

The alleged invention relates to a wagering game network where mobile phones are used to transfer funds to gaming machines in casinos. In particular, it allows payments to be made to a gaming machine either before or after the player has signed onto the machine. The Hearing Officer found that the actual contribution of the invention related entirely to a method of doing business, which as it was implemented by a computer, also related to a computer program, as such. The invention was therefore excluded by section 1(2) and the application was refused.

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