Patent decision

BL number

O/0891/26

Hearing Officer

Mr B Micklewright

Decision date

30 September 2026

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Micron Technology Inc. and Micron Europe Limited, and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 section 37

Keywords

Decline to deal, Entitlement

Related Decisions

None

Summary

Both parties were in agreement that the comptroller should decline to deal with a reference under section 37(1) due to the existence of related proceedings before the Patents Court. The hearing officer, after considering the submissions made by the parties, declined to deal with the reference.

Full decision O/0891/26 134Kb