Patent decision

BL number

O/676/21

Concerning rights in

GB1602103.2

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

16 September 2021

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

China Nuclear Power Engineering

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 Section 1(1)(b)

Keywords

Inventive step

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention relates to providing an auxiliary control point that can shut down or disable the main control room in a nuclear power plant when that is inoperable or inaccessible. Applying Windsurfing, the hearing officer found the invention to lack an inventive step on the basis of a single document and common general knowledge. The application was therefore refused.

Full decision O/676/21 348Kb