Patent decision

BL number

O/523/13

Concerning rights in

GB2432617 B

Hearing Officer

Mr P Slater

Decision date

31 December 2013

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Interiors Manufacturing Limited v Lizzanno Partitions (UK) Limited

Provisions discussed

Section 74B

Keywords

Opinions and Reviews

Related Decisions

None

Summary

This decision relates to a request for a review of opinion 7/12. The invention relates to a gasket for providing a seal between two or more glass sheets forming a partition or wall. The gasket itself is made of a hollow tube of non rigid material. The cross-section of the tube when it is not in use has a particular shape. One aspect of that shape is that the tube has substantially planar longer sides and curved shorter sides. The proprietor requested a review on the grounds that the examiner had wrongly construed the omnibus claim. The Hearing Officer found that the examiner had not made an error in principle or reached a conclusion that was clearly wrong, and therefore refused to set aside the opinion.

Full decision O/523/13 83Kb