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Cite as: [2021] UKIntelP o35621
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/356/21
- Concerning rights in
- GB1408602.9
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 12 May 2021
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Michael Oluwaseun Bamidele
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(1)
- Keywords
- Inventive step
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to using DNA based authentication to verify IDs and thereby control access to various internet based services. Following SABAF, the invention was found to be a collocation of two integers: (a) Associating personal information with each of a plurality of DNA authenticated users, this personal information being publicly available on each website visited by such a user and being suitable for tracking which websites a user has visited; and (b) Authenticating the identity of a user using a sample of their DNA and allowing such an authenticated user to register an internet domain name. Applying the Windsurfing/Pozzoli test separately to these two integers the claims were found to lack the required inventive step and the application was refused under section 18(3).
Full decisionO/356/21 
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