Patent granted in India to the TATA Consultancy Services Limited
Patent number 370479 has been granted to TATA Consultancy Services Limited that is titled as System and Method for determining number of computing resources for executing number of jobs. The primary independent claim of this patent states a method for determining the number of computing resources required for executing jobs in total processing time. 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 the judgment of Delhi High Court dated 13th March 2015 in Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson Vs. Intex Technologies (India) Limited, I.A. No. 6735/2014 in CS (OS) No.1045/ 2014 wherein it was stated that any invention which has a technical contribution or has a technical effect is not merely a computer program per se and is patentable. This patent falls under the category of Communication. Overall, this patent covers a system and method for determining the number of computing resources for executing a number of jobs.