Patent decision

BL number

O/838/21

Concerning rights in

GB1421819.2

Hearing Officer

Mr P Mason

Decision date

15 November 2021

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Starna Scientific Limited

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 section 1(1)(1) (b)

Keywords

Inventive step

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates to a method of validating a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) thermal cycler. The method generally concerns suspending a fluorophore in a thermoplastic matrix, wherein the fluorophore has a predetermined property. The thermal cycler is validated by comparing measurements obtained by the thermal cycler, regarding the fluorophore/thermoplastic complex, with a predetermined range. The hearing officer followed the Windsurfing/Pozzoli steps and determined that the inventive concept was inventive when considering the prior art cited by the examiner. The application was remitted to the examiner to conclude the processing.

Full decision O/838/21 280Kb