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Jayvinder Singh A/L Surjit Singh (Patent) [2022] UKIntelP o110122 (16 December 2022)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2022/o110122.html
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[2022] UKIntelP o110122
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/1101/22
- Concerning rights in
- GB1912805.7
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 14 December 2022
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Jayvinder Singh A/L Surjit Singh
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application concerns a system which matches providers of security or chauffer services, with users requesting such services. The system includes a user module, which is downloaded onto the computing devices of users who wish to request security services; a candidate module, which is downloaded onto the computing devices of candidates offering those services; and an admin module. The three modules communicate with each other over a communications network.
The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and decided that the contribution made by the invention was excluded as a method of doing business and as a program for a computer, as such. The application was refused under section 18(3).
Full decisionO/1101/22
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