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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> Intuit Inc. (Patent) [2016] UKIntelP o02316 (18 January 2016) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2016/o02316.html Cite as: [2016] UKIntelP o2316, [2016] UKIntelP o02316 |
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Summary
The application concerned “creating a composite program in a computing ecosystem” which lies in the field of cloud computing. The invention is aimed at enabling users to group certain computer programs, or “modules”, with related functionality so that they can be used as a package and/or shared with other users. Once a package is created the user can reopen all the modules together without having to activate them individually and make the links between them. The hearing officer found that the actual contribution of the invention related entirely to a computer program, as such. The invention was therefore excluded by section 1(2) and the application was refused.
