Patent decision

BL number

O/182/03

Concerning rights in

GB9907874.3

Hearing Officer

Mrs J A Wilson

Decision date

25 June 2003

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Mr M A McKenzie

Provisions discussed

PA.1977 s2, s3, s14(5), s76

Keywords

Added subject matter, Clarity, Inventive step, Novelty

Related Decisions

None

Summary

During the course of examination the claims were amended several times in response to novelty, inventive step and clarity objections but none of the amended claims were considered to meet the objections and, additionally, some of the amended claims were deemed to add matter.

The HO held that the examiners objections were well-founded and that, whilst amendments could be made to clarify the claims and remove the added matter, there were no technical features in the application as originally filed which could be added to the claims in order to meet the novelty and inventive step objections. The application was refused.

Full decision O/182/03 33Kb