IPO Excluded fields (refused) The application concerns a system to enable semiconductor design information (IP) to be shared efficiently over a computer network by registered users. Each piece of semiconductor IP includes the detailed design information, a catalog portion to enable items meeting a users search criteria to be located and supplementary information to enable the user to select the most suitable piece from those meeting his general requirements.
The hearing officer found that the invention was concerned with administrative processes of the sort considered to fall within the business method exclusion and moreover that it made no technical contribution.
Judges:
Mr A Bartlett
Citations:
O/031/04, [2004] UKIntelP o03104, GB9902887.0
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Statutes:
Intellectual Property
Updated: 17 October 2022; Ref: scu.455854
