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Cite as: [2007] UKIntelP o5007, [2007] UKIntelP o05007
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NEC Corporation [2007] UKIntelP o05007 (16 February 2007)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/050/07
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0308095.9
- Hearing Officer
- Mr A Bartlett
- Decision date
- 16 February 2007
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- NEC Corporation
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 section 1(2) (c) and (d)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application concerns a system, primarily for use on a mobile phone, for processing a received email depending upon the content and source of the email. The device is capable of producing two simultaneous notify tones when the address of the sender matches one preset by the user and the email contains a particular text string.
The Hearing Officer considered the application according to the method of analysis laid out in the Court of Appeal judgment in Aerotel/Macrossan and decided that the actual contribution made by the invention defined in the independent claims resided solely in excluded matter, in particular the presentation of information and a program for a computer.
He therefore refused the application.