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I2 Technologies US, Inc. [2010] UKIntelP o41510 (1 December 2010)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/415/10
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0604622.1
- Hearing Officer
- Miss J Pullen
- Decision date
- 1 December 2010
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- I2 Technologies US, Inc.
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)(c)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- GB 0604820.1, GB 0604769 .0
Summary
The application relates generally to a program based supply chain management. Here the word "program" is not used directly in relation to a computer program but the program is in this sense is rather a definition of a relationship between trading partners, e.g. such as a manufacturer and a vendor. The invention essentially restricts access to data in the system to those who need to see it or action it, i.e. those defined by a particular trading partner program. The trading partner program may additionally be defined by other factors such as the location, the nature of the item to be traded or taxonomy.
In coming to her decision the Hearing Officer considered the decision in Symbian and
analysed the claims using the Areotel/Macrossan four step test. The Hearing Officer found that the contribution related to a method of doing business and was excluded under Section 1(2)(c) of the Act.