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)
Full decision O/309/16 75Kb