Patent decision

BL number

O/647/20

Concerning rights in

GB1521192.3 GB1521193.1

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

22 December 2020

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Suunto OY

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 s1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

GB1521192.3 and GB1521193.1 both disclose smart watches that are able to detect the location of the watch and then suggest an activity route to the user based on the location and other information contained in a thematic database. This could be information relating to pollution or crime levels in the area or information relating to the type of activities already undertaken in the area. The hearing officer did not consider there to be a technical contribution in either application and therefore refused each of them as relating to a computer program.

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