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.
Full decision O/104/18 123Kb