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Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. [2011] UKIntelP o37311 (27 October 2011)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/373/11
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0902255.9
- Hearing Officer
- Dr J E Porter
- Decision date
- 27 October 2011
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act 1977 section 1(2)(c)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (allowed)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention concerns image analysis and selection, and in particular concerns a computer-implemented method of selecting an appropriate image for a particular document from a number of ranked images created by analysing colour properties.
The examiner had objected that the invention was no more than a scheme, rule or method for performing a mental act. In light of the recent Patents Court judgment in Halliburton Energy Services Inc’s Applications, in which the mental act exclusion was construed narrowly, the Hearing Officer found that the present invention was not a mental act because it was implemented on a computer. The application was remitted to the examiner.