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Fitzgerald Stenneth Sylvester Blake [2011] UKIntelP o13111 (14 April 2011)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/131/11
Concerning rights in
GB 0515996.7
Hearing Officer
Mr B Micklewright
Decision date
14 April 2011
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Fitzgerald Stenneth Sylvester Blake
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 Section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention concerned a computer implemented management system suitable for use as a medical and/or dental practice management system which makes it easier for users of the system (including medical and/or dental practices) to share information with each other. The hearing officer applied the Aerotel test and concluded that the actual contribution lay solely in the excluded fields and was therefore excluded from patentability as a program for a computer as such and as a method for doing business as such.


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