- BL number
- O/276/17
- Concerning rights in
- GB1307847.2 & GB1700269.2
- Hearing Officer
- Mrs C L Davies
- Decision date
- 7 June 2017
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Mr Martin Alexander Hay
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The parent application (GB1307847.2) relates to a method and apparatus for playing a game, and the divisional application (GB1700269.2) relates to left- and right-handed money. On applying the Aerotel/Macrossan test, the Hearing Officer found that the claims of the parent application were excluded as a method for playing a game as such, and that claim 1 of the divisional application was excluded as a method for doing business as such. In the case of each application, it was found that there was no technical contribution. Both applications were refused.