Patent decision

BL number

O/0348/23

Concerning rights in

GB1810357.2

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

6 April 2023

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Michael Oluwaseun Bamidele

Provisions discussed

Patents Act Sections 3 and 14

Keywords

Inventive step, Sufficiency

Related Decisions

None

Summary

1 The invention relates to the use of an in-car satellite navigation system as the contactless terminal to make payments with contactless credit or debit cards even when the car is moving. The invention was found to be obvious. Further it was noted that the limited disclosure in the specification would have rendered any invention as insufficiently disclosed. The application was refused.

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