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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/287/21
- Concerning rights in
- GB1413475.3
- Hearing Officer
- Mrs C L Davies
- Decision date
- 20 April 2021
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Apple Inc.
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)(b), (c) and (d)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention relates to an editing tool for use on a computer in which a graphical user interface includes a number of user interface controls available for selection by a user as required. The user interface controls are presented to the user on-screen as an animated fan-fold arrangement from which individual interface controls can be selected.
Applying theAerotel/Macrossan4 step test and the-˜AT&T signposts-™, the Hearing Officer found that the invention is a program for a computer, as such, and a presentation of information as such, and is therefore excluded from patentability under Sections 1(2)(c) and 1(2)(d) of the Act. The Hearing Officer did not go on to consider Section 1(2)(b), aesthetic creation. The application was refused under section 18(3).
Full decisionO/287/21 
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