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Lantana Ltd (Patent) [2013] UKIntelP o05613 (4 February 2013)

Patent decision

BL number
O/056/13
Concerning rights in
GB1014714.8
Hearing Officer
Mr S Brown
Decision date
4 February 2013
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Lantana Ltd
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to retrieving data from a remote computer using e-mail. A local computer sends a first e-mail containing machine-readable retrieval criteria and the remote computer responds with an e-mail containing the requested data. The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter. He also considered the decisions in IGT/Acres Gaming , Gemstar v Virgin and in AT&T Knowledge Ventures LP and CVON and concluded that the contribution did not have a relevant technical effect. The application was refused as no more than a program for a computer as such.


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