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Lantana Ltd (Patent) [2013] UKIntelP o05613 (4 February 2013)
Patent decision
- BL number
- O/056/13
- Concerning rights in
- GB1014714.8
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 4 February 2013
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Lantana Ltd
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to retrieving data from a remote computer using e-mail. A local computer sends a first e-mail containing machine-readable retrieval criteria and the remote computer responds with an e-mail containing the requested data. 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 decisions in IGT/Acres Gaming , Gemstar v Virgin and in AT&T Knowledge Ventures LP and CVON 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 as such.