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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