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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> Dell Products L.P. (Patent) [2011] UKIntelP o04511 (14 February 2011) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2011/o04511.html Cite as: [2011] UKIntelP o4511, [2011] UKIntelP o04511 |
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For the whole decision click here: o04511
Summary
The application relates to an improved system and method for producing environmental operational analysis of a proposed data handling system by generating thermal information from configuration information of the component(s) of the proposed system
The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter. She also considered the Court of Appeal decision in Symbian and the decision in AT&T & Cvon and concluded that the contribution did not have a relevant technical effect. The application was refused as being a program for a computer as such.
