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Patent decision

BL number
O/287/21
Concerning rights in
GB1413475.3
Hearing Officer
Mrs C L Davies
Decision date
20 April 2021
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Apple Inc.
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 1(2)(b), (c) and (d)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention relates to an editing tool for use on a computer in which a graphical user interface includes a number of user interface controls available for selection by a user as required. The user interface controls are presented to the user on-screen as an animated fan-fold arrangement from which individual interface controls can be selected.

Applying theAerotel/Macrossan4 step test and the-˜AT&T signposts-™, the Hearing Officer found that the invention is a program for a computer, as such, and a presentation of information as such, and is therefore excluded from patentability under Sections 1(2)(c) and 1(2)(d) of the Act. The Hearing Officer did not go on to consider Section 1(2)(b), aesthetic creation. The application was refused under section 18(3).

Full decisionO/287/21 PDF document 99Kb


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