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Cite as: [2023] UKIntelP o037623, [2023] UKIntelP o37623
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/0376/23
- Concerning rights in
- GB2113830.0
- Hearing Officer
- Mr B Micklewright
- Decision date
- 20 April 2023
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- International Business Machines Corporation
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act 1977 sections 1(1)(d), 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention related to digital twin based asset upgrade management whereby upcoming changes for the assets are received through a continuous feed of information and used to update digital twins (virtual representations of physical objects), which are used to calculate usage metrics for the assets. These, along with the upcoming changes, are used in the creation of a report concerning dependencies. The hearing officer found that the claimed invention, and also the invention claimed in a second claim set, were excluded from patentability as a program for a computer as such and a method of doing business as such. He therefore refused the application.
Full decisionO/0376/23 
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