Patent decision
- BL number
- O/488/15
- Concerning rights in
- GB2466994
- Hearing Officer
- Mr H Jones
- Decision date
- 20 October 2015
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Semitel Limited and Snapchat Inc.
- Provisions discussed
- Section 74B
- Keywords
- Opinions and Reviews
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The patentee requested a review of Opinion 30/14 on the grounds that the examiner had misconstrued the claims and wrongly concluded that there was no infringement. The patent relates to a method of flexible messaging. The Hearing Officer found that the examiner had not misconstrued the meaning of the claims and did not reach a conclusion on infringement that was clearly wrong. The Opinion was not set aside.
Full decision O/488/15 55Kb