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.
Full decision O/496/15 86Kb