Patent decision

BL number

O/320/17

Concerning rights in

EP2598313

Hearing Officer

Mr H Jones

Decision date

12 July 2017

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GmbH et al and Renishaw plc

Provisions discussed

Section 74B

Keywords

Opinions and Reviews

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The patentee requested a review of Opinion 21/16 on the grounds that the examiner had misconstrued the claims and wrongly concluded that the patent was invalid for lack of inventive step. The patent relates to a method and apparatus for producing a three dimensional component wherein sensors are used for evaluating component quality. The Hearing Officer found that the examiner had not misconstrued the meaning of the claims or misunderstood the prior art, and had not reached a conclusion that was clearly wrong. The Opinion was not set aside.

Full decision O/320/17 71Kb