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Cite as: [2015] UKIntelP o3715, [2015] UKIntelP o03715
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Crystal World Holdings, Inc. (Patent) [2015] UKIntelP o03715 (26 January 2015)
Patent decision
- BL number
- O/037/15
- Concerning rights in
- GB 1106332.8
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 26 January 2015
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Crystal World Holdings, Inc.
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to a system for calculating a sports-related financial index to enable the trading of sports-based financial instruments. 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 some combination of a business method and a program for a computer as such.