Patent decision

BL number: O/055/06
Concerning rights in: GB0517681.3
Hearing Officer: Mrs S E Chalmers
Decision date: 24 February 2006
Person(s) or Company(s) involved: Mr Andrew Tobias Ward
Provisions discussed
Keywords: Estoppel
Related Decisions: None

Summary

The Hearing Officer held that the invention claimed in the unpublished specification related to the same invention as claimed in the earlier applications GB 9827460.8 and GB 0131122.4 which were both refused by the Patents Court. She therefore refused the present application on the grounds of estoppel by record.

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