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United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd (Patent) [2021] UKIntelP o00721 (14 January 2021)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2021/o00721.html
Cite as: [2021] UKIntelP o721, [2021] UKIntelP o00721

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Patent decision

BL number
O/007/21
Concerning rights in
GB1618927.6
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
6 January 2021
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 S1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention relates to projecting battery usage on a device such as a computer or mobile phone. More specifically, it involves determining an estimated length of time for which a battery will power an apparatus based on a user selection of applications that they desire to use concurrently and on how long they wish to use each application for. Applying the Aerotel approach, the Hearing Officer found the invention to be excluded as a program for a computer. The application was refused.

Full decisionO/007/21 PDF document 385Kb

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