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Cite as: [2022] UKIntelP o32522
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/325/22
- Concerning rights in
- GB 1804920.5
- Hearing Officer
- Miss J Pullen
- Decision date
- 13 April 2022
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Innoplexus AG
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)(c)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates generally to computer networks; and more specifically, to systems that crawl. The invention is concerned with methods of (for) crawling websites, for example for crawling restricted websites, and specifically to, analysing source information associated with the websites to determine a crawling protocol thereof.
The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan four step test, considered the AT&T/CVON signposts and found that the identified contribution of the independent claims did not make a technical contribution and that the claims are excluded from patentability as a computer program as such. The application was refused under section 18(3).
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