Patent decision

BL number

O/280/08

Concerning rights in

GB0723921.3

Hearing Officer

Mr P Marchant

Decision date

14 October 2008

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Joseph Thompson

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 Sections 1(1)(c), 14(3)

Keywords

Industrial application, Sufficiency

Related Decisions

O/164/05

Summary

Note: Since the specification of patent application number GB0723921.3 has not yet been published under section 16, the following abstract of the decision has been produced for publication, omitting the technical details of the invention.

The invention is described as a perpetual motion machine that would create more energy than it consumes. The idea was found to be contrary to the principle of conservation of energy. The application was refused because the invention was not capable of industrial application and was not disclosed in a manner clear enough and complete enough to be performed by the skilled person.

Full decision O/280/08 22Kb