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CVON Innovations Ltd [2008] UKIntelP o21308 (28 July 2008)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/213/08
- Concerning rights in
- GB0704837.4
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Marchant
- Decision date
- 28 July 2008
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- CVON Innovations Ltd
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention concerns the ranking of Internet search results in the context of mobile phone access to Internet content with content providers paying to improve their position in the ranking of search results. The invention takes into account the quantity of data to be transmitted, the cost of transmission and the payment offered by the content provider in determining the rankings. The hearing officer found the invention to be excluded form patentability as a method for doing business.