Mike Carrell
Mon, 12 May 2008 13:03:04 -0700
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To: "vortex-l" <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:40 AM Subject: [Vo]:Blacklight Power: Sci-fi science rejected by UK-IPO <snip>
What I'd like to know is whether UK IPO's final decision was due to a difference in scientific opinion or whether other factors may have been involved.
Having plowed through the decision, the bottom line is that the Millsian molecular modeling program is intrinsically not patentable under UK law because it is in essence a computer program. I have no idea about how other sofware, such as Windows, fares under the UK law. The descision has no bearing on the merits of Mills' CQM. The comment from lawbites about "sci-fi science" is utterly spurious and not supported by any remarks by the UK examiner.
Mike Carrell