Patent decision

BL number

O/245/20

Concerning rights in

GB1522765.5

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

21 April 2020

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 s1(2)(c)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention relates to a method of accepting handwritten editing input in a computer between two handwriting units, and dynamically growing an insertion handwriting unit to accommodate the new handwriting ink strokes, and dynamically reflowing the handwriting units based on the insertion handwriting unit size. The hearing officer found that, whilst the invention related to a better computer progam, it did not provide the necessary technical contribution. The application was therefore refused on the basis that the claimed invention related to a program for a computer.

Full decision O/245/20 759Kb