Patent decision

BL number

O/930/21

Concerning rights in

GB1916812.9

Hearing Officer

Mr P Mason

Decision date

21 December 2021

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Rytons Building Products 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 manufacturing a known plastic cavity weephole duct from zinc, the method comprising a diecasting process. The present weephole duct finds specific application in high-rise buildings where improved fire resistance is required. 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/930/21 244Kb