Patent decision

BL number
O/027/13
Concerning rights in
EP(UK)1558311
Hearing Officer
Mr P Slater
Decision date
17 January 2013
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Tip-top.com Ltd and Salvus Technology Limited
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 Section 72, Section 75
Keywords
Amendment, Revocation
Related Decisions
O/326/12

Summary

The Hearing Officer found the patent to be invalid during the course of revocation proceedings. In order to meet the issues raised, Salvus Technology Limited applied to amend the patent under s75. In Decision BL/O/326/12, the Hearing Officer concluded that the proposed amendments were allowable, and so in the present decision the Hearing Officer allowed the amendments.

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