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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> Fisher -Rosemount Systems Inc (Patent) [2009] UKIntelP o27709 (10 September 2009) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2009/o27709.html Cite as: [2009] UKIntelP o27709 |
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Summary
The invention relates to a process control safety system and in particular to a method and apparatus for generating a script for use in writing data in a process control safety system. The claims address the interface provided to the user when changes to safety systems are required. A script is automatically generated as a result of one (or a number) or parameters selected by the user, and a confirmation is required by the user before the command is sent. By virtue of the invention, the applicant has enabled what would otherwise be a manual process to be automated.
The hearing officer considered the four-step test in Aerotel/Macrossan in the light of the Symbian judgment, and found the contribution to relate to a computer program for automatically generating a script. The Hearing Officer could find no technical contribution and so refused the application under Section 18(3).
