Patent decision

BL number

O/324/14

Concerning rights in

GB1103236.4

Hearing Officer

Mr B Micklewright

Decision date

23 July 2014

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Language Line Services Inc

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 Sections 1(1)(d) and 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention concerned a web-based system for evaluating a person’s language translation skills by providing written and oral examinations to the person, collating and evaluating the examinations, and providing the person with examination results and a certificate if they pass both examinations. The hearing officer found that the invention claimed in all claims was excluded from patentability as a method of doing business as such and a program for a computer as such. He therefore refused the application.

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