Patent decision

BL number
O/021/07
Concerning rights in
GB0216507.3
Hearing Officer
Mr J Rowlatt
Decision date
16 January 2007
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Winther Browne & Company Limited
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 1(1)(b)
Keywords
Inventive step
Related Decisions
None

Summary

An application for a fire surround or radiator cover in which MDF parts are joined by push fit connectors was refused as being obvious. The hearing officer found that the invention lacked an inventive step on the basis of either of two prior art documents to a fire surround and a radiator cover, which included joining some parts by push fit connectors, or the accepted state of the art as disclosed in the description, in combination with a patent document to the connector itself.

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