Patent decision

BL number

O/066/06

Concerning rights in

GB0228084.0

Hearing Officer

Mr H Jones

Decision date

14 March 2006

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

ARM Limited

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 section 1(2)(c)

Keywords

Excluded fields (allowed)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates to an optimised complier of application code in a data processing apparatus. The examiner argued that the new and non-obvious advance as per the CFPH approach lay entirely in a method for performing a mental act or an improved computer program. The hearing officer found that the ability to modify the compilation process in response to performance data determined by an embedded trace macrocell was sufficient to demonstrate an advance in technology beyond the strict interpretation of a mental act or computer program. The application was referred back to the examiner for it to put in order for grant.

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