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.)

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