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GREE Inc (Patent) [2021] UKIntelP o11121 (24 February 2021)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2021/o11121.html
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[2021] UKIntelP o11121
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/111/21
- Concerning rights in
- GB1604478.6
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 19 February 2021
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- GREE Inc
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(1)(b) and 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused), Inventive step
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to creating templates within a computer game that record the positions of items within said game. The Hearing Officer applied theAerotel/Macrossantest and considered the signposts laid out inHTC v Appleand decided that the contribution was not an improved computer interface but rather fell solely within excluded matter. Having decided that the claims were excluded under Section 1(2) The hearing Officer declined to consider the issue of inventive step. The application was refused as relating to no more than a program for a computer as such.
Full decisionO/111/21
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