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Cite as: [2021] UKIntelP o50721
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/507/21
- Concerning rights in
- GB1804870.2
- Hearing Officer
- Miss J Pullen
- Decision date
- 5 July 2021
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Innoplexus AG
- Provisions discussed
- Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates identifying potential targets for pharmaceutical compounds by extracting them from a database of data sources and information related to pharmaceutical compounds and assessing the relative potential of targets by use of a scoring system.
The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan four step test, considered the AT&T/CVON signposts and found that the contribution fell within the excluded categories as a computer program as such. The application was refused under section 18(3).
Full decisionO/507/21 
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