Patent decision

BL number
O/253/06
Concerning rights in
GB2400948
Hearing Officer
Mr P Marchant
Decision date
7 September 2006
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Dr Ward Goldthorpe
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention relates to a computer based system for representing the activities, processes, datasets and knowledge of an organisation in real time and its use to manage those activities, processes and information. The hearing officer found the invention to be excluded from patentability since it relates to a business method and a mental act, contrary to the provisions in section 1(2).

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