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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2008/o01408.html
Cite as: [2008] UKIntelP o1408, [2008] UKIntelP o01408

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Everest Software Inc. [2008] UKIntelP o01408 (18 January 2008)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/014/08
Concerning rights in
GB 0603755.0
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
18 January 2008
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Everest Software Inc.
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to apparatus and a method for processing payments between a business software system and a payment processor. More specifically it provides an intermediate payment processor that interfaces between the business system software and the payment processors and permits a business software system to be upgraded to support additional payment processors without the need to change the business software itself.

Applying the four step test set out in Aerotel/Macrossan, the hearing officer found that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within the meaning of a program for a computer and the application was refused.


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