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Cite as: [2023] UKIntelP o28423, [2023] UKIntelP o028423
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/0284/23
- Concerning rights in
- GB2016046.1
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 16 March 2023
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Kinaxis Inc
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application concerns a system which selects one of a plurality of machine learning models to forecast the sales of products.
The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and considered the guidance in Halliburton and Merrill Lynch, and decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter as a method of doing business. He also considered the decision in AT&T & Cvon and concluded that the contribution was also excluded as a program for a computer. The application was refused under Section 18(3).
Full decisionO/0284/23 
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