Patent decision
- BL number
- O/446/15
- Concerning rights in
- GB1119452.9
- Hearing Officer
- Miss J Pullen
- Decision date
- 22 September 2015
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Edward Ernest Jakeman
- Provisions discussed
- Sections 1(1)(b) and 18(3)
- Keywords
- Inventive step
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to a wheelchair with multiple features. The examiner raised an inventive step objection, setting out the individual features of claim 1, that the individual features were either known or obvious and that there was no synergy between the individual features. There were several rounds of correspondence between the examiner and the applicant, however the applicant refuse to provide arguments or amendments to address the inventive step objection raised by the examiner. The application was refused for failure to make observations or to amend the application to comply with the requirements of the Act.
Full decision O/446/15 153Kb