Patent decision

BL number

O/0786/24

Concerning rights in

GB2117870.2

Hearing Officer

Mr N Hanley

Decision date

16 August 2024

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Emulate Inc

Provisions discussed

Section 76

Keywords

Added subject matter, Section 20 period

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application is for a method of determining the extent of compound absorption in a microfluidic device using an experimental protocol and a modified experimental protocol. The main amendment was found to include matter not present in the application as filed and the application was refused. Given the finding of added subject matter and the compliance date under Section 20 having expired the Hearing Officer declined to consider additional issues of sufficiency, clarity and inventive step.

Full decision O/0786/24 170Kb