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.

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