Patent decision

BL number

O/014/08

Concerning rights in

GB0603755.0

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

18 January 2008

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Everest Software Inc.

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates to apparatus and a method for processing payments between a business software system and a payment processor. More specifically it provides an intermediate payment processor that interfaces between the business system software and the payment processors and permits a business software system to be upgraded to support additional payment processors without the need to change the business software itself.

Applying the four step test set out in Aerotel/Macrossan, the hearing officer found that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within the meaning of a program for a computer and the application was refused.

Full decision O/014/08 32Kb