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Fisher-Rosemount Systems Inc [2007] UKIntelP o15107 (1 June 2007)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/151/07
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0514164.3
- Hearing Officer
- Mr J Elbro
- Decision date
- 1 June 2007
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Fisher-Rosemount Systems Inc
- Provisions discussed
- PA Act 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- [2007] UKIntelP o14807, [2007] UKIntelP o14907, [2007] UKIntelP o15007, [2007] UKIntelP o15207
Summary
The application related to a process control system which used program objects corresponding to components of the process, and specifically objects corresponding to physical connections between process components. The hearing officer followed the four-step approach to the assessment of patentability under section 1(2) approved by the Court of Appeal in Aerotel/Macrossan [2006] EWCA Civ 1371 in determining whether the invention was excluded from patentability. He held that the contribution defined by the claims was a program object which linked to other program objects, and that therefore they were excluded from patentability as a computer program as such.