Generating (And Displaying) Further New Data By An Evaluation Or Interpretation Of Measurements: Non-Technical

The decision is based on an examination appeal and relates to a method for analyzing and displaying glucose monitoring data. The Applicant argued that the technical effect did not lie in a mere "presentation of information" but in that "new data was generated", thus providing an "improved analysis of glucose monitoring data for guidance of a patient or physician."

However, the Board disagreed and noted that taking of a sample on the patient is an interaction with "physical reality" and generating new data as a consequence of this interaction may result in "measurements" of a technical nature. However, generating (and displaying) further data by an evaluation or interpretation of these measurements amounts to "measurements" generated merely by a cognitive or mathematical exercise that is inherently non-technical. Thus, the application was refused.