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Cite as: [2022] UKIntelP o104522
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/1045/22
- Concerning rights in
- GB2018211.9
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Thorpe
- Decision date
- 29 November 2022
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Institute for Information Industry
- Provisions discussed
- PA S 1(2)(c)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention relates to a federated machine learning system comprising a host which processes training results from clients based on a threshold difference in the number of training rounds and the time taken to receive training results from clients. The hearing officer did not consider there to be a technical effect external to the system in light of Lantana, and no technical problem was solved. The hearing officer considered a contribution which was said to provide a more accurate model and better learning process, but concluded that this was no more than a better computer program. The application was therefore refused.
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