Patent decision

BL number

O/236/20

Concerning rights in

GB1810113.9

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

16 April 2020

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Motorola Solutions, Inc

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 Section 1(20) (C)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention is concerned with assisting users, such as first responders by updating information in a timeline record of a public safety incident. More specifically the invention provides a method whereby in response to an oral query from the user information relating to a safety incident is retrieved and added to a timeline record of that incident. The hearing officer applying Aerotel found the invention excluded as both a program for a computer and a method of doing business. The application was refused.

Full decision O/236/20 411Kb