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Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Patent) [2021] UKIntelP o59921 (17 August 2021)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2021/o59921.html
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/599/21
- Concerning rights in
- GB1702682.4
- Hearing Officer
- Mr B Micklewright
- Decision date
- 12 August 2021
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act 1977 sections 1(1)(d), 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention related to launching a game application into a playable state by providing a game application launch object which presents a plurality of modes of operation to the user. Following a selection of one of these modes by the user, the game is launched into the relevant playable game state without needing to navigate any initial menus in the game application itself. Common game components are loaded before the user makes their selection. The hearing officer considered the invention to relate to a program for a computer as such and therefore refused the application.
Full decisionO/599/21
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