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The Boeing Company (Patent) [2014] UKIntelP o16814 (15 April 2014)
Patent decision
- BL number
- O/168/14
- Concerning rights in
- GB1110373.6
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 15 April 2014
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- The Boeing Company
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to a system for collaborative decision making which takes place over a network of computer terminals. 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 AT&T Knowledge Ventures LP and CVON and HTC Europe Co. Ltd. v Apple Inc. 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.