Patent decision

BL number

O/325/03

Concerning rights in

GB 0006887.4

Hearing Officer

Mr Brunt

Decision date

27 October 2003

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Robert Leonard Carpenter

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 sections 1(1)(b), 3

Keywords

Inventive step

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application was entitled Hands-free megaphone and claimed a combination of a microphone assembly, a body pack including an output horn secured by a belt around a users body, and a cable connecting the microphone assembly and the body pack. An objection of lack of inventive step was based on a French patent. It was found that there were several differences between the claimed invention and the disclosure in the cited French patent. Following Windsurfing, it was held that the current application involved an inventive step, and should proceed to grant.

Full decision O/325/03 16Kb