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.
Full decision O/364/06 34Kb