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 relating to subsets of data in the supply chain such as purchase order data, inventory data, forecasting data, invoice data, and management data. Upon selecting the modules they need from a database of modules, the user can customise how the data may be displayed, the specification showing particular forms of tabulation of data.
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 computer program, method of doing business and presentation of information and that the contribution was not technical and was therefore excluded under Section 1(2)(c) of the Act.
Miss J Pullen
[2010] UKIntelP o41610, O/416/10, GB 0604769.0
Bailii
Patents Act 1977 1(2)(c)
England and Wales
Citing:
See Also – I2 Technologies Us, Inc (Patent) O/415/10 IPO 1-Dec-2010
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 . .
Cited by:
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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Updated: 20 December 2021; Ref: scu.458160
