Patent decision

BL number

O/266/08

Concerning rights in

GB0706342.3

Hearing Officer

Mr R C Kennell

Decision date

30 September 2008

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Norman Paterson and Nicholas Jones

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 sections 1(1)(c), 4, 14(3)

Keywords

Industrial application, Sufficiency

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application related to a device for generating electricity by pumping water to an impeller attached to a generator. The hearing officer upheld the examiner’s objection that the invention operated in a manner contrary to well-established physical laws and was therefore neither capable of industrial application nor sufficiently disclosed.

Full decision O/266/08 22Kb