Patent decision

BL number
O/741/18
Concerning rights in
GB1601064.7
Hearing Officer
Mrs C L Davies
Decision date
20 November 2018
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Virtual Reading Gym (PTY) Ltd
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Sections 1(2)(c) and 76
Keywords
Added subject matter, Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention relates to a method and to a system which provide for progressive teaching of improved reading skills to a learner. A learner is presented with a written passage on the monitor. A learning process involves having the learner read the passage and recording words that the learner pronounces incorrectly or cannot pronounce as error words. Corrective feedback is provided to the learner which may optionally include an audible correct pronunciation of the error words and/or, optionally, include a definition of the error words. The plurality of error words is correlated to a set of similar or associated words in a database to provide a set of related training words. Training is also provided with respect to error words and training words.

On applying the Aerotel/Macrossan test, the Hearing Officer found that the invention claimed was excluded as a computer program as such. The Hearing Officer found that the amended claims had removed the added matter. The application was refused under section 18(3).

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