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Nomura International plc. (Patent) [2008] UKIntelP o19308 (4 July 2008)
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Nomura International plc. [2008] UKIntelP o19308 (4 July 2008)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/193/08
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0402109.3
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 4 July 2008
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Nomura International plc.
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to the integration of selectable icons into graphical displays of financial data such that the position of the icons is part of the data and that selecting them allows a user to ‘drill down’ into the graphical data.
The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter. He also considered Symbian and concluded that the contribution was not technical in nature as set out in the fourth step of the Aerotel/Macrossan test. The application was refused as being a program for a computer as such.