The applicant sought patents for systems of document management. The applications had been rejected as being for computer programs as such.
Held: The exclusion from protection created by the section was to be construed narrowly. In the absence of non-mental limitations, the product should not be excluded.
Judges:
Floyd J
Citations:
[2008] EWHC 649 (Pat), Times 03-Jun-2008, [2008] Bus LR D77
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Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Genentech’s (Human Growth Hormone) Patent CA 1989
A patent claim for an important protein called Tissue Plasminogen Activator was objected to on the basis of the obviousness of the gene sequence.
Held: The court considered the categories of exclusion in the context of what was said to be a . .
Cited – Cappellini and Bloomberg, Re PatC 13-Mar-2007
The applicants appealed rejection of their applications for patents. The comptroller-general had said that patents were in respect of computer programs excluded from registration.
Held: The appeals failed. There was no relevant technical . .
Cited – Gale’s Application CA 1991
The applicant had devised a new and better algorithm for finding square roots. Having embodied the method in a read only chip which could be installed within a computer which could then apply the algorithm, he sought to patent it.
Held: . .
Cited – Capellini v Bloomberg; Capellini and Bloomberg’s Applications 2007
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Intellectual Property
Updated: 23 May 2022; Ref: scu.268008