Patent decision

BL number

O/583/22

Concerning rights in

GB1721438.8

Hearing Officer

Miss J Pullen

Decision date

8 July 2022

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Blackhawk Network Inc

Provisions discussed

Section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates to the management of data and forecasting based on that data using processes and methods which are said to allow forecasting with reduced data storage capacities and thus increased processing speeds.

The hearing officer followed the Aerotel approach, considered the AT&T signposts and found that the identified contribution of the independent claims did not make a technical contribution and that the claims are excluded from patentability as a computer program as such. The application was refused under section 18(3).

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