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Cite as: [2022] UKIntelP o18322
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/183/22
- Concerning rights in
- GB1419546.5
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 3 March 2022
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- truRating Limited
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application concerns a system for collecting customer ratings from a PIN entry device (PED). During a standard commercial transaction, the PED receives a PIN and then displays a question about a service associated with the transaction. The invention adds new software components which adapt the PED to capture these extra inputs without altering its proprietary software.
The Hearing Officer applied theAerotel/Macrossantest and considered the signposts laid out inHTC v Apple.He decided that the contribution made by the invention was excluded as a program for a computer, and as a method of doing business, as such. The application was thus refused under section 18(3).
Full decisionO/183/22 
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