Patent decision

BL number

O/509/15

Concerning rights in

EP(UK) 2160625B1

Hearing Officer

Mr S Probert

Decision date

30 October 2015

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Heathrow Hub Ltd v Captain Gellert

Provisions discussed

Section 71

Keywords

Infringement

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention in the patent concerns a method of configuring an airport runway as either a single long runway, or two separate, smaller runways with a buffer zone between them that may be used as a taxiway for aircraft to cross the split runway.

The claimant sought a declaration that its proposed design for an airport runway arrangement would not infringe the patent. The patent proprietor refused to give the claimant a written declaration of non-infringement, so these proceedings were brought under section 71.

The Hearing Officer decided that the proposal provides sufficient detail to enable the question of infringement to be decided. He also decided that the proposed airport runway arrangement lacked two essential features of the claimed invention, and would not therefore infringe

Full decision O/509/15 194Kb