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Suunto OY (Patent) [2010] UKIntelP o08910 (15 March 2010)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2010/o08910.html
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Suunto OY [2010] UKIntelP o08910 (15 March 2010)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/089/10
- Concerning rights in
- GB0613207.0
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 15 March 2010
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Suunto OY
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Sections 1(1)(b) & 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (allowed), Inventive step
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to a portable device for measuring the movements of a sportsman, typically a golfer, which manipulates the data to produce a single number that is characteristic of the repeatability of the movements. Applying the Windsurfing/Pozzoli test the claims were found to be inventive. Applying the Aerotel/Macrossan test the contribution was found not to fall solely within excluded matter. The claims are thus allowable and the application was remitted to the examiner.