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Fabio Passetti Et Al (Patent): IPO 3 Jul 2012

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

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Patents Act 1977 1(2)

Intellectual Property

Updated: 06 November 2022; Ref: scu.465252

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