Patent decision

BL number
O/365/10
Concerning rights in
GB0619385.8
Hearing Officer
Mr S Brown
Decision date
20 October 2010
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Phorm UK Inc
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to a method for a service provider to target content delivery to a network node based on information requests from the network node.

The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter. He also considered the Court of Appeal decision in Symbian and the decision in AT&T & Cvon and concluded that the contribution did not have a relevant technical effect. The application was refused as being a program for a computer as such.

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