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Genego Inc [2007] UKIntelP o16307 (8 June 2007)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/163/07
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0427256.3
- Hearing Officer
- Mr J Elbro
- Decision date
- 8 June 2007
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Genego Inc
- Provisions discussed
- PA Act 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application claimed a method of identifying drug targets by creating a map of the metabolism of an organism based on metabolic pathways and comparing differences between non-disease and disease states of the organism using this map. Applying the Aerotel/Macrossan test the hearing officer found the contribution of the invention to be excluded under section 1(2) as a computer program because it consisted only of data processing. An argument that there was a “real world” effect of identifying a new drug target was rejected as there was no new drug target claimed - the claims were solely directed to a method which might identify a new target if it existed.