IPO (Patent) This decision is concerned with claims to computer programs for carrying out patentable methods; sometimes called ‘program on a carrier’ claims. For many years, such claims have been allowed under the Patents Act. However, following the Aerotel and Macrossan case in the Court of Appeal, the Office issued a practice notice which gave its interpretation of the judgment as disallowing claims of this sort. The hearing officer considered the issue of program claims in these six applications, in the light of UK court judgments since Aerotel and Macrossan and in the light of European practice, and found that they should be disallowed.
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[2007] UKIntelP o18507
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Intellectual Property
Updated: 20 October 2022; Ref: scu.456708