WMS Gaming Inc (Patent): IPO 26 Mar 2013

IPO The application relates to a system for displaying a web page having a plurality of icons, each icon allowing access to a corresponding wagering game under the control of one of a plurality of source servers. 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 decisions in Symbian, Gemstar v Virgin, and ATandT Knowledge Ventures LP 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 as such.

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[2013] UKIntelP o13713

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Updated: 14 November 2022; Ref: scu.472244