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Daniele Grazioli and Elena Pasquali [2008] UKIntelP o21408 (29 July 2008)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/214/08
Concerning rights in
GB0325417.4
Hearing Officer
Mr J Rowlatt
Decision date
29 July 2008
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Daniele Grazioli and Elena Pasquali
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 1(2)(c)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to processing event data on a network. Data from an event is received at a node management program on one of a plurality of processors; the program determines, on the basis of that data, which event algorithm it needs to run and retrieves it from a shared storage area along with associated data relating to the characteristics of objects the algorithm will use and thence the data objects themselves, executing the algorithm and storing the result in the shared storage area. The shared storage area partitions its data over more than one persistence provider.

The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and decided that the actual contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter and the application was refused as being a program for a computer.



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