Patent decision
- BL number
- O/277/09
- Concerning rights in
- GB0811727.7
- Hearing Officer
- Miss J Pullen
- Decision date
- 10 September 2009
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Fisher-Rosemount Systems Inc
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention relates to a process control safety system and in particular to a method and apparatus for generating a script for use in writing data in a process control safety system. The claims address the interface provided to the user when changes to safety systems are required. A script is automatically generated as a result of one (or a number) or parameters selected by the user, and a confirmation is required by the user before the command is sent. By virtue of the invention, the applicant has enabled what would otherwise be a manual process to be automated.
The hearing officer considered the four-step test in Aerotel/Macrossan in the light of the Symbian judgment, and found the contribution to relate to a computer program for automatically generating a script. The Hearing Officer could find no technical contribution and so refused the application under Section 18(3).
Full decision O/277/09 25Kb