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United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> Innoplexus AG (Patent) [2022] UKIntelP o33122 (27 April 2022)
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Cite as: [2022] UKIntelP o33122

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Patent decision

BL number
O/331/22
Concerning rights in
GB 1804921.3
Hearing Officer
Mr P Mason
Decision date
20 April 2022
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Innoplexus AG
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 1(2)(c)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to computer networks; and more specifically to a system that crawls a wide area computer network retrieving -˜contextual information-™ and organising the -˜contextual information-™ into one or more databases.

The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan four step test, considered the five AT&T/CVON signposts and found that the identified contribution of the independent claims does not make a technical contribution and that the claims are excluded from patentability as a computer program as such. The application was refused under section 18(3).

Full decisionO/331/22 PDF document 351Kb

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