Patent decision

BL number

O/034/07

Concerning rights in

GB0609745.5

Hearing Officer

Mr R C Kennell

Decision date

31 January 2007

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

James Noel Knight

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 sections 1(1)(c), 14(3), 76(2)

Keywords

Added subject matter, Industrial application, Sufficiency

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention related to a device for generating power. The hearing officer upheld the examiner’s objections (i) that it lacked industrial application because it could not produce a net power output and operated contrary to well-established physical laws, and (ii) that the specification was not sufficient to enable the skilled man to produce a device which operated as described and claimed. The application was refused.

Full decision O/034/07 28Kb