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Cite as: [2013] UKIntelP o00413, [2013] UKIntelP o413
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Accenture Global Services Limited (Patent) [2013] UKIntelP o00413 (4 January 2013)
Patent decision
- BL number
- O/004/13
- Concerning rights in
- GB1100108.8
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Thorpe
- Decision date
- 4 January 2013
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Accenture Global Services Limited
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to a method and computer program for predicting the cost of emerging technologies. The invention applied standard S curves to certain data points and also enabled the impact of various drivers on the predicted costs to be graphically represented.
Applying the the Aerotel/Macrossan test, the hearing officer decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter. The application was refused as being a progam for a computer, a method of doing business and a mathematical method as such