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Cite as: [2023] UKIntelP o15023, [2023] UKIntelP o015023
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/0150/23
- Concerning rights in
- GB1807232.2
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Mason
- Decision date
- 9 February 2023
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Imosphere Ltd
- Provisions discussed
- Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention relates to a computer-implemented method of operating a database system. It addresses the problem of managing data from multiple database systems, each organised according to a different data model. A staging database is populated with data from the multiple source databases which is then used to generate a database having a predetermined hierarchical structure. This provides a single interface for a user to interact with.
The Hearing Officer applied the four-step approach set out in Aerotel/Macrossan and considered the five signposts set out in AT&T/CVON. He found the invention to be excluded as a computer program and therefore refused the application under Section 18(3).
Full decisionO/0150/23 
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