Patent decision

BL number

O/131/11

Concerning rights in

GB0515996.7

Hearing Officer

Mr B Micklewright

Decision date

14 April 2011

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Fitzgerald Stenneth Sylvester Blake

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 Section 1(2)

Keywords

Excluded fields (refused)

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention concerned a computer implemented management system suitable for use as a medical and/or dental practice management system which makes it easier for users of the system (including medical and/or dental practices) to share information with each other. The hearing officer applied the Aerotel test and concluded that the actual contribution lay solely in the excluded fields and was therefore excluded from patentability as a program for a computer as such and as a method for doing business as such.

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