Patent decision

BL number

O/800/18

Concerning rights in

GB1609164.7

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

13 December 2018

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Motorola Solutions Inc.

Provisions discussed

Patents Act Section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention concerned the pursuit of fugitives. More specifically, it related to a computer implemented method of analysing various input data to predict the likely route of the fugitive and then outputting directions to direct pursuit assets, such as the police to capture the fugitive. The Hearing Officer found the invention to be excluded as a computer program and as a method of doing business and therefore refused the application.

Full decision O/800/18 281Kb