IPO The application relates to a computer system which implements a computer program for searching and displaying biological information stored in one or more databases by converting the information from the database(s) into a ternary matrix using three separate characters to represent biological information eg 0, 1 and |. 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 Court of Appeal decision in Symbian and the decisions in ATandT 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 and the presentation of information as such.
Judges:
Mr B Micklewright
Citations:
[2012] UKIntelP o26012, GB0920058.5
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Statutes:
Intellectual Property
Updated: 06 November 2022; Ref: scu.465252
