Patent decision

BL number

O/075/08

Concerning rights in

GB0316230.2, GB0323428.3, GB0407525.5 & GB0501156.4

Hearing Officer

Mr J Rowlatt

Decision date

14 March 2008

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Martin Lister

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 Sections 1(2)(a), 4A(1), 14(3) & 76

Keywords

Added subject matter, Excluded fields (allowed), Excluded fields (refused), Novelty, Sufficiency

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The applications relate to four associated ideas for curing disease. All covered similar ground involving sampling diseased matter, preparing a mould from phlegm, and invoking an immune response from a horse or an egg. Each application was subject to objections to added matter, that they were methods of treatment, and that there was insufficient information for the inventions to be worked. Additionally, one application was subject to a lack of novelty objection. Applications GB0316230.2, GB0407525.5 and GB0501156.4 were refused, GB0323428.3 was referred back to the examiner for search and further examination.

Full decision O/075/08 69Kb