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CFPH L.L.C. [2004] UKIntelP o36604 (14 December 2004)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/366/04
- Concerning rights in
- GB0226984.3 & GB0419317.3
- Hearing Officer
- Mr H Jones
- Decision date
- 14 December 2004
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- CFPH L.L.C.
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The two applications are concerned with networked interactive wagering on the outcomes of events, with particular emphasis on reducing processing delays to a minimum so that in circumstances where prices are changing continuously, a client is provided with the most up-to-date information before placing a bet. In refusing the application, the hearing officer found that the invention was concerned merely with providing an improved transactional process over a computer network and therefore fell within the business method exclusion of section 1(2). The hearing officer went on to find that the invention did not provide a technical contribution required to make an otherwise excluded invention patentable, the invention in both applications merely representing non-technical changes to a business method in order to overcome technical problems.