Patent decision

BL number

O/401/21

Concerning rights in

EP(UK) 1877205

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

27 May 2021

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Ingvest AB v Kingspan UK & STAM S.p.a

Provisions discussed

Patents Act Section 74B

Keywords

Opinions and Reviews

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The decision relates to a review of Opinion 13/20 which considered whether the patent, which relates to method of shaping profiles from a plane metal strip through the use of a production line, was infringed. The opinion concluded that there was no infringement. The proprietor of the patent however submits that the examiner has reached this conclusion only interpreting the claim in a manner that is clearly wrong.

The Hearing Officer, applying the principles set out in DLP, decided that the examiner had not by reason of how he had interpreted the specification of the patent, reached a conclusion on infringement that is clearly wrong. The opinion was therefore not set aside.

Full decision O/401/21 719Kb