Patent decision
- BL number
- O/146/06
- Concerning rights in
- GB0328177.1
- Hearing Officer
- Mr B Westerman
- Decision date
- 8 June 2006
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Dell Products LP
- Provisions discussed
- PA1977 section 1
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention was to do with a computer-based system and method for ordering consumables using a service tag number as a message to the supplier to make a linkage to stored information at the supplier end of a network to reveal previously stored information about customer preferences. This was held to be a scheme, rule or method for doing business as such; and to relate to a program for a computer as such. (CFPH LLCs Application [2006] RPC 5 followed.)
Full decision O/146/06 29Kb