Patent decision

BL number

O/465/16

Concerning rights in

GB1502593.5

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

3 October 2016

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Lim, Shio Hwi

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 Section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention relates to a system for allocating users to particular service slots such as for example medical appointments, car-parking spaces, or dining places. The system takes account of not only the particular user who is making an appointment but also other users who could potentially make use of the same slot. The hearing officer found the invention to be excluded as a computer program as such and as a method of doing business as such.

Full decision O/465/16 89Kb