Patent granted in India to Siemens Mobility GmbH
Patent number 371018 has been granted to Siemens Mobility GmbH, which is titled METHOD FOR ACQUIRING DATA TRANSMITTED IN A COMPUTER NETWORK COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE COMPUTER AND DATA ACQUISITION ARRANGEMENT. The primary independent claim of this patent states a method for acquiring data transmitted in a computer network. During the patent prosecution, the patent examiner objected to this patent under section 3(k) of the Indian Patents Act. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that the claims of the present invention do not fall under the category ‘algorithm’ instead relates to an efficient method of data transmission. This patent falls under the category of Communication. Overall, this patent covers the method of transmission of data from the computer to an auxiliary computer after repackaging data.