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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/130/22
- Concerning rights in
- GB2011051.6
- Hearing Officer
- Mr B Micklewright
- Decision date
- 15 February 2022
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- River Lane Research Ltd.
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act 1977 sections 1(1)(d), 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention related to a method of determining at least one unknown energy level of a physical system using a quantum computer. In particular the invention used an overlap estimation routine which was linear in the Hamiltonian. The hearing officer applied theAerotelsteps and considered theAT&Tsignposts to be relevant to quantum computers as they are to classical computers. Following a careful analysis of the signposts and the arguments presented by the applicant the hearing officer found that the invention related to a program for a computer as such but not to a mathematical method as such. He also considered whether an amendment to a specific application would avoid the exclusions but decided that it would not. That application was therefore refused.
Full decisionO/130/22 
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