Patent decision

BL number

O/643/20

Concerning rights in

GB1801845.7

Hearing Officer

Mr P Mason

Decision date

17 December 2020

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

XIHUA UNIVERSITY

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 Section 1(2) and Section 14(5)

Keywords

Clarity

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention concerns mining database items and sequencing data in order to improve computational speed. The examiner formed the view the claims of the application were unclear and that they concerned an excluded invention, inasmuch as they could be construed.

The hearing officer found the claims to be ambiguous, noting the applicant provided no reasoned response to the examiner’s last report. Consequently, the hearing officer was unable to form a view on whether the invention was excluded. The application was refused under Section 18(3).

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