Patent decision

BL number

O/518/18

Concerning rights in

GB1713249.9

Hearing Officer

Miss J Pullen

Decision date

22 August 2018

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Motoko Hazama

Provisions discussed

1(1)(c), 1(2)(a)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused), Industrial application

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates to methods of calculating potential energy in substances and light, of creating timeless condition, and of creating reverse time. There are five claims which respectively define a method of calculating potential energy in substances, a method of calculating potential energy in light, a method of creating timeless condition, a method of creating reverse time for substances and a method of creating reverse time for light. In each claim there then follows an equation which is said to show the method and a definition of the variables.

The examiner objected that the claimed invention relates to a mathematical method and also that it is not capable of industrial application. The applicant requested a decision on the papers. The Hearing Officer found the claimed invention to be excluded under section 1(2)(a) as it relates to a scientific theory or mathematical method and that the invention is not capable of industrial application as required by section 1(1)(c). No saving amendments could be identified. The application was refused.

Full decision O/518/18 136Kb