Computer implemented inventions in Australia: “clever use of mobile devices and a server” not patentable subject matter

We reported on the earlier Repipe decisions here. In short, the inventions claimed in the two patents were directed at sharing and completing workplace health and safety documents by field workers using computer technology whereby information (such as hazards) could be shared with field workers in real time, and documents could be created dynamically in the field

While there was no doubt that the claimed invention in this case (which consisted of the use of features of a GPS enabled mobile device to communicate with a central server that handles information in a specific way) was a “useful invention”, and a “clever use of mobile devices and a server” Perram J was unable to see how it…