IPO The applications concerned a method and system for providing a new and more accurate way of describing the properties of electrons in atoms or ions (such as their energy levels) and representing those properties on a display.
Having deferred consideration of inventive step, the hearing officer applied the four step test set out in the Aerotel/Macrossan judgment and found that the contribution resided in the theorem for describing the properties of electrons in atoms and ions and a computer program for generating and displaying the results of the equations representing that theorem. The contribution was found to fall solely within excluded matter being a combination of a scientific theory and a computer program (and a mathematical method).
Judges:
Mr A Bartlett
Citations:
[2008] UKIntelP o07608, GB 0705155.0, GB 0614467.9
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Statutes:
Intellectual Property
Updated: 20 October 2022; Ref: scu.456962