Patent decision

BL number

O/137/10

Concerning rights in

GB0625213.4

Hearing Officer

Mrs S E Chalmers

Decision date

6 May 2010

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Ian Reginald Brindley

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 section 1(1)

Keywords

Inventive step, Novelty

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention provided a generator powered by vehicles passing along a road surface. The hearing officer held that the invention was not new and did not involve an inventive step having regard to several prior art documents. Since there was nothing new and inventive in the original disclosure, the hearing officer refused the application.

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