Patent decision

BL number
O/104/18
Concerning rights in
GB1401780.0
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
15 February 2018
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Avaya Inc.
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 Sections 1(1), 1(2), 14 and 76
Keywords
Added subject matter, Excluded fields (refused), Inventive step, Support
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention relates to a conference management system and method for displaying a real-time record of conference events. The record includes a compressed discussion event between a number of participants. The compressed event can by expanded by the user to identify particular participants in the discussion. The Hearing Officer found the invention to be inventive, supported by the description and the amended application as a whole not to have added matter to the application as originally filed. The Hearing Officer however found the claimed invention to be excluded as a computer program as such. The application was refused.

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