Patent decision
- BL number
- O/074/06
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0426489.1
- Hearing Officer
- Mrs C L Davies
- Decision date
- 20 March 2006
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Kaizen Matsumoto
- Provisions discussed
- PA1977 Sections 1(1)(b)
- Keywords
- Inventive step
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
No decision regarding the issue of inventive step could be made on the basis of the facts discussed at the hearing. The Applicant, in support of his arguments against the inventive step objection, made reference to information which had not been made available to the Examiner prior to the hearing. The Applicant has been requested to file the information by 12 February 2006 but has until 4 December 2006 (date for response to the first S18(3) Examination Report) to submit all the information, which will then pass to the Examiner for consideration.
Full decision O/074/06 24Kb