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.

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