Patent decision

BL number

O/097/12

Concerning rights in

GB0822335.6

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

5 March 2012

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Logined B.V

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 Section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The decision considered whether the invention was excluded under section 1(2). The application relates to a method of generating a “decision tree” to show the decisions taken as well as other factors considered when modeling the performance of oil reservoirs. Applying the four-stage test set out in Aerotel/Macrossan the hearing officer found the invention to relate solely to the presentation of information and to a computer program as such. The hearing officer could find no saving amendments hence he refused the application under section 18(3).

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