Patent decision

BL number

O/271/08

Concerning rights in

GB0608600.3

Hearing Officer

Mr J Elbro

Decision date

3 October 2008

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Dynamotors Inc

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Sections 1,3

Keywords

Inventive step

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application related to control of a brushless motor system. The motor used LED switches to speed up or slow down the rotating armature to optimize torque in response to position and speed information. The difference from a previous patent application by the applicant, US 6049187, was found to be the use of separate optical sensors to detect each of speed and position, and features relating to how this was done. Overall, the hearing officer considered the differences to not consititute an inventive step over US 6049187 and the common general knowledge of use of optical sensors in the field.

Full decision O/271/08 113Kb