A little bird has told the IPKat that the famously controversial
Aerotel patent for a telephone system in the UK (see earlier posts
here,
here ,
here and
here) was revoked earlier this week. Rumour has it that the patent was considered to fall within the non-patentable subject matter under Article 52 of the European Patent Convention and, for good measure, also to have been lacking in inventive step.
Right: the IPKat is all ears ...Not having seen any corroborative evidence, the Kat wonders if his readers can provide any further detail -- preferably traceable to a reliable source.