Patent decision

BL number

O/154/13

Concerning rights in

GB 0812854.8

Hearing Officer

Mrs S E Chalmers

Decision date

16 April 2013

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Neo-Inhalation Products Limited

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 Section 118(1); Patents Rules 2007, Rule 53

Keywords

Confidentiality

Related Decisions

None

Summary

Confidentiality under Rule 53 was requested in respect of a document filed as evidence to rebut an inventive step objection, on the grounds that it contained valuable and commercially sensitive information. No argument was advanced as to why putting this document into the public domain would be harmful to the applicant. The Hearing Officer applied the criteria set out in Diamond Shamrock Technologies S.A.'s Patent [1987] RPC 91 and refused the request.

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