Patent decision

BL number

O/650/17

Concerning rights in

GB 1216175.8

Hearing Officer

Mrs C L Davies

Decision date

19 December 2017

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Walmart Stores Inc

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 Sections 1(2)(c), 76(2)

Keywords

Added subject matter, Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates to enhancing the security of a transaction between a mobile device such as a mobile phone and a point-of-sale (POS) system such as a cash register in a shop. On applying the Aerotel/Macrossan test, the Hearing Officer found that the invention claimed was excluded as a business method as such and as a computer program as such. The Hearing Officer also found that the amended claims had added subject-matter beyond that contained in the application as filed. The application was refused under section 18(3).

Full decision O/650/17 97Kb