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United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions
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Cite as: [2021] UKIntelP o39721

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Patent decision

BL number
O/397/21
Concerning rights in
GB1722304.1
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
27 May 2021
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
INNOPLEXUS AG
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention relates to gaining knowledge about how connections between users of professional web-based networking platforms affect the professional benefit afforded a user of the networking platforms. More specifically, it involves determining how closely pairs of users within a specific area of expertise are connected and the level of influence of one of the users of a pair based on their attributes and/or their relations with other. The Hearing Officer applying Aerotel found that the invention was excluded as a program for a computer and as a method of doing business

Full decisionO/397/21 PDF document 174Kb

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