Patent decision

BL number
O/309/16
Concerning rights in
GB1404479.6
Hearing Officer
Mr P Slater
Decision date
27 June 2016
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Palantir Technologies Inc.
Provisions discussed
Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention relates to reducing the computation time needed to transform data sources into an object model using a transformation script which initially includes errors. This is done by providing validation notices as the errors arise when the transformation script is run, a process which is called “proactive debugging” in the application. By providing timely validation notifications, before the processing of all of the data, a user or developer can then fix the error in the transformation script before running the transformation script again.

The Hearing Officer considered the four-step test in Aerotel/Macrossan in the light of the Symbian judgment, and found the contribution to relate to a computer program as such, and having found no technical contribution refused the application under Section 18(3)

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