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.

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