Patent decision
- BL number
- O/267/11
- Concerning rights in
- GB0520147.0
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 1 August 2011
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Martin Lister
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Sections 1(1)(a) & (b)
- Keywords
- Inventive step, Novelty
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application concerns a device which is a combined spoon, fork, knife & can opener. The Hearing Officer compared the device with those in four different citations and found that the application lacked the required novelty and inventive step. The application was refused.
Full decision O/267/11 
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