Patent decision

BL number
O/357/10
Concerning rights in
GB2384390B
Hearing Officer
Mr S Probert
Decision date
19 October 2010
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Semitel Limited
Provisions discussed
Section 74B
Keywords
Opinions and Reviews
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The decision concerns a review of opinion 33/09. The opinion concluded that there was no infringement of the patent. The exclusive licensee requested that the opinion be set aside. The request was unopposed - no counterstatement was filed. One of the grounds for setting aside was not permitted by rule 98(5), but the Hearing Officer accepted that there were other, permissible grounds for a review. He accepted the requester’s argument that the opinion had not interpreted one part of the patent specification correctly. The opinion was set aside.

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