Datanovation Ltd (Patent) [2015] UKIntelP o04415 (30 January 2015)
Patent decision
BL number
O/044/15
Concerning rights in
GB1208655.9
Hearing Officer
Mr A Bartlett
Decision date
30 January 2015
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Datanovation Ltd
Provisions discussed
Patents Act Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None
Summary
The present application sets out a computerised method for generating a database application that can be and is used to access a respective database for which it has been generated, to for example allow for searching of the database, display of results and manipulation of data.
The Hearing Officer applied the AT&T signposts and found that the contribution merely automated the previous process for manually writing programs to access a legacy database and that the invention was excluded as a program for a computer as such.