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Cathal Greaney (Patent) [2023] UKIntelP o031023 (29 March 2023)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2023/o031023.html
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[2023] UKIntelP o031023,
[2023] UKIntelP o31023
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/0310/23
- Concerning rights in
- GB1804674.8
- Hearing Officer
- Mr B Micklewright
- Decision date
- 28 March 2023
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Cathal Greaney
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act 1922 sections 1(1)(d), 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused), Inventive step
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention related to improving border control systems by providing customs officials with a risk score for a particular container, the risk score based on periodic updates on the location of the container and on other parameters relating to the container. The customs official would then determine which containers to inspect based on the risk score. The hearing officer found that the claimed invention did not involve an inventive step over the cited prior art and also was excluded from patentability as a method of doing business and a program for a computer as such. He therefore refused the application.
Full decisionO/0310/23
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