- BL number
- O/128/19
- Concerning rights in
- GB1308715.0
- Hearing Officer
- Mrs S E Chalmers
- Decision date
- 7 March 2019
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Arris Enterprises, Inc
- Provisions discussed
- Section 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (allowed)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to a user interface used for controlling a thermostat. A set of controllable attributes including heating set point and cooling set point are displayed. The controllable attributes are placed in a particular order based on a detected increase or decrease in ambient temperature.
The Hearing Officer applied the four-step approach set out in Aerotel/Macrossan and also considered the decision in Gemstar and found the contribution made by the invention to be more than the presentation of information or a program for a computer as such. The application has been remitted to the examiner so that it can be forwarded to grant.
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