Patent decision

BL number

O/015/09

Concerning rights in

GB0404016.8

Hearing Officer

Mr J Rowlatt

Decision date

20 January 2009

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Abdul Zarif

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 Section 1(1)(b)

Keywords

Inventive step

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates to a vehicle warning system. In an alert condition, an emergency vehicle device transmits a warning signal; a dedicated receiver, in a non-emergency vehicle, detects that signal and initiates a visual alert for the driver. Both transmitter and receiver have mode indicators, preferably coloured LEDs, to distinguish between standby and alert modes. Audible alerts may also be provided.

The Hearing Officer applied the steps according to Pozzoli and decided that the invention lacked inventive step over the large amount of prior art.

Full decision O/015/09 44Kb