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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Patent) [2005] UKIntelP o01805 (7 January 2005) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2005/o01805.html Cite as: [2005] UKIntelP o1805, [2005] UKIntelP o01805 |
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Summary
The application relates to a computer based method for selecting a business partner or supplier based not only on the price reached during a transaction bidding phase, but also on other factors such as the potential partner's production capacity, development capability or their possession of foreign plants. It was held that as the hardware and software techniques necessary to embody the invention were previously known, there was no technical contribution present and the invention amounted to the mere automation of standard purchasing practice. In the absence of any technical contribution the invention was found to be excluded from patentability under section 1(2)(c) of the Act.
