Patent decision

BL number
O/496/15
Concerning rights in
GB2414745 B
Hearing Officer
Mr P Slater
Decision date
21 October 2015
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Jansen Betonwaren B.V. v Ian Robbie Christie
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 Section 72
Keywords
Novelty, Revocation, Sufficiency
Related Decisions
O/298/14

Summary

Revocation was sought on the grounds of lack of novelty and sufficiency. The invention relates to a self-interlocking building block manufactured primarily from a mix of concrete sand and cement, as well as elastomer and thermoplastics for use in creating flood prevention barriers. The Hearing Officer considered the construction of the single omnibus claim and found it to lack novelty on the basis of prior-public use and also found for lack of sufficiency.

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