Patent decision

BL number

O/035/17

Concerning rights in

GB 1300053.4

Hearing Officer

Mr P Mason

Decision date

31 January 2017

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

The Regents of the University of California

Provisions discussed

Section.1(1)(b)

Keywords

Inventive step

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application related to a system for monitoring a patient’s activity. Data from measurement devices are sent to a server. Based on the data, the state of the physical activity of the patient is classified and an interface created. The server supports interfaces for different user communities. The examiner raised an inventive step objection based on two prior art documents. Amended claims were submitted prior to the hearing. The Hearing Officer found, on applying the Windsurfing/Pozolli test that the invention met the requirements of section 1(1)(b).The application was remitted back to the examiner for further processing.

Full decision O/035/17 68Kb