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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/1000/22
- Concerning rights in
- GB1906001.1
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Mason
- Decision date
- 15 November 2022
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Raytheon Systems Limited
- Provisions discussed
- Section 1(2) of the Patents Act 1977
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention relates to a computer implemented application storage and distribution system which distributes applications, and the permissions associated with each application, to a mobile device of a user in response to receiving their user credentials. The application permissions include certificates signed by the developer, or known certificate authority, for validating the applications so that the applications can access the resources of the mobile device.
The Hearing Officer applied the four-step approach set out in the Court of Appeal judgment in Aerotel, and considered the signposts provided by AT&T/CVON. The Hearing Officer found the contribution fell solely within the excluded matter as a computer programme as such. The application was refused.
Full decisionO/1000/22 
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