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Websense UK limited [2009] UKIntelP o11409 (1 May 2009)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/114/09
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0420024.2
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 1 May 2009
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Websense UK limited
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to a system for controlling or monitoring internet access by categorizing URLs and the structure of a cache memory to achieve this.
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 the Court of Appeal decision in Symbian and the decision in AT&T & Cvon and concluded that the contribution did not have a relevant technical effect. The application was refused as being some combination of a mathematical method and a program for a computer as such.