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United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions
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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2023/o046123.html
Cite as: [2023] UKIntelP o46123, [2023] UKIntelP o046123

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Patent decision

BL number
O/0461/23
Concerning rights in
GB1903234.1
Hearing Officer
Mr H Jones
Decision date
17 May 2023
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
IGT Global Solutions Corporation & IGT
Provisions discussed
Section 1(2)(c)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to the generation, distribution, tracking and redemption of lottery tickets in a lottery system. In accordance with the guidance set out by the Court of Appeal in Aerotel, the hearing officer found that the contribution made by the invention related to the use of conventional blockchain technology in a lottery system in order to improve resistance to tampering. The hearing officer found this to be a business consideration implemented by way of a computer program, so refused the application.

Full decisionO/0461/23 PDF document 187Kb

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