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Bank of America Corporation [2012] UKIntelP o19112 (9 May 2012)
Patent decision
- BL number
- O/191/12
- Concerning rights in
- GB0918198.3
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 9 May 2012
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Bank of America Corporation
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to a method of retrieving financial information stored in a first database by using a second database, which contains data referencing the first database, as a dictionary or index. 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 decisions in AT&T & Cvon and Halliburton and concluded that the contribution did not have a relevant technical effect. The application was refused as no more than a program for a computer and a method for doing business as such.