Patent decision
- BL number
- O/748/19
- Concerning rights in
- GB1801427.4
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 6 December 2019
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- TrakM8 Ltd
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(1)
- Keywords
- Inventive step
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application concerns monitoring vehicle batteries by capturing ‘cranking cycle’ information and sending it for analysis at a remote processor. The remote processor compares the cranking signature waveform with waveforms from multiple other vehicles and makes a prediction of battery failure.
The hearing officer applied the Windsurfing/Pozzoli test and found that the inventive concept had several key differences from the state of the art. Specifically, the use of pattern matching techniques to remotely compare ‘cranking signatures’ rather than the local determination of waveform characteristics. He concluded that the claims involved the required inventive step. The application was remitted to the examiner for further processing.
Full decision O/748/19 
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