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Innovation Science Pty Limited (Patent) [2012] UKIntelP o31512 (16 August 2012)
Patent decision
- BL number
- O/315/12
- Concerning rights in
- GB1001729.1
- Hearing Officer
- Mr B Buchanan
- Decision date
- 16 August 2012
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Innovation Science Pty Limited
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act 1977 section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention relates to a method and system for determining the possible location and timing of objects, including people and packages, in a transportation network. Objects joining and leaving the network are detected by sensors such as ticket barriers, number plate recognition and biometric or image recognition means. Using information relating to the network about nodes (e.g. stations or depots), paths (e.g. routes between nodes) and timings (e.g. scheduled timetable or actual transition times), the invention determines the potential whereabouts or journey characteristics of objects within the network within a time frame.
The Hearing Officer considered the four-step test in Aerotel/Macrossan in the light of the Symbian judgment, and found the contribution to relate to a mathematical method, a method for doing business and a program for a computer as such, and having found no technical contribution refused the application under Section 18(3).