Patent decision

BL number
O/042/14
Concerning rights in
GB 1120935.0
Hearing Officer
Mr A Bartlett
Decision date
24 January 2014
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Tecniq’s Limited
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 section 1(1)(c)
Keywords
Industrial application
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention concerned a vessel propulsion system in which propellers or water jets act to move the vessel through the water. The propellers or water jets are powered by electric motors which are energised from batteries within the vessel. These batteries are recharged by power generated from a series of turbines attached to the hull of the vessel, the turbines generating power from the flow of water created as the vessel moves through the water. The Hearing Officer considered whether the invention was capable of industrial application and concluded that it was not because the invention could not function in the manner described in the application. The application was refused under section 1(1)(c).

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