Patent decision

BL number

O/009/05

Concerning rights in

GB 2335687

Hearing Officer

Mr P Hayward

Decision date

11 January 2005

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Smith International Inc v Specialised Petroleum Group Services

Provisions discussed

CPR part 52; PA 1977 section 72

Keywords

Appeal, Extensions of time

Related Decisions

O/352/04

Summary

The comptroller no longer has jurisdiction to extend the period for filing an appellants notice at the High Court - see Patent Office Practice Notice 1/2003 at [2003] RPC 46. However, the hearing officer held that, owing to an anomaly in the Civil Procedure Rules, he did have jurisdiction to direct the period within which the respondents notice should be filed. Having considered the facts, he directed that the respondents notice be filed within three weeks, rather than the default period of two weeks that would otherwise have applied.

Full decision O/009/05 17Kb