Patent decision

BL number
O/364/06
Concerning rights in
GB2385374
Hearing Officer
Mr J Elbro
Decision date
13 December 2006
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Calvin John Evans
Provisions discussed
PA 1977, section 1
Keywords
Inventive step, Novelty, Plurality of invention
Related Decisions
None

Summary

Summary

The application relates to a device for remotely stopping a vehicle and includes a number of separate features which were found not to interact with each other. Following the reasoning of the House of Lords in Sabaf SpA v MFI Furniture Centres Ltd it was held that the invention related to two separate inventions neither of which involved an inventive step. The application was therefore refused.

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