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Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha [2004] UKIntelP o31804 (19 October 2004)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/318/04
- Concerning rights in
- GB0110300.1
- Hearing Officer
- Mr M G Wilson
- Decision date
- 19 October 2004
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977, section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to a computer-based man-hour management system which manages man-hours for producing automobiles on an automobile production plant, which offers man-hour information effective to diminish the numbers of man-hours in each individual process unit and between processes. Despite an offer to limit the claim to an automobile production plant including the man-hour management system, it was held that the invention claimed in this specification was a method of doing business or a program for a computer, and that there was no technical contribution which would prevent its exclusion from patentability.