Patent decision

BL number

O/029/04

Concerning rights in

GB 2278383 B

Hearing Officer

Mr S N Dennehey

Decision date

30 January 2004

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Siemens Schwiez AG v Schwihag Gesellschaft fur Eisenbahnoberbau mbH

Provisions discussed

PA 1977, sections 72, 65

Keywords

Claim construction, Inventive step, Novelty, Revocation

Related Decisions

None

Summary

Siemens applied for the (partial) revocation of Schwihag's patent for railway sleepers on grounds of lack of novelty and inventive step in respect of specified claims. The Hearing Officer found neither ground to be made out, issued a Certificate of Contested Validity, and awarded costs to the proprietor.

Full decision O/029/04 201Kb