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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> Genego Inc (Patent) [2007] UKIntelP o16307 (8 June 2007) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2007/o16307.html Cite as: [2007] UKIntelP o16307 |
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Summary
The application claimed a method of identifying drug targets by creating a map of the metabolism of an organism based on metabolic pathways and comparing differences between non-disease and disease states of the organism using this map. Applying the Aerotel/Macrossan test the hearing officer found the contribution of the invention to be excluded under section 1(2) as a computer program because it consisted only of data processing. An argument that there was a “real world” effect of identifying a new drug target was rejected as there was no new drug target claimed - the claims were solely directed to a method which might identify a new target if it existed.
