IPO The application relates generally to a program based supply chain management. Here the word ‘program’ is not used directly in relation to a computer program but the program is in this sense is rather a definition of a relationship between trading partners, e.g. such as a manufacturer and a vendor. The invention essentially restricts access to data in the system to those who need to see it or action it, i.e. those defined by a particular trading partner program. The trading partner program may additionally be defined by other factors such as the location, the nature of the item to be traded or taxonomy.
In coming to her decision the Hearing Officer considered the decision in Symbian and analysed the claims using the Areotel/Macrossan four step test. The Hearing Officer found that the contribution related to a method of doing business and was excluded under Section 1(2)(c) of the Act.
Miss J Pullen
[2010] UKIntelP o41510, O/415/10, GB 0604622.1
Bailii
Patents Act 1977 1(2)(c)
England and Wales
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See Also – I2 Technologies Us, Inc (Patent) O/416/10 IPO 1-Dec-2010
The application relates to a custom application builder for supply chain management. In particular a user wanting access to supply chain related data may build a ‘custom’ application using data in one or more particular ‘modules’, respective modules . .
See Also – I2 Technologies US, Inc (Patent) O-417-10 IPO 1-Dec-2010
IPO The methods, systems and computer programs described in the application are concerned with the management of a supply chain and particularly with controlling access of trading partners in the supply chain to . .
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Intellectual Property
Updated: 20 December 2021; Ref: scu.458159
