Patent decision

BL number

O/375/06

Concerning rights in

GB 2297796

Hearing Officer

Mr D J Barford

Decision date

22 December 2006

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Archibald Kenrick & Sons Limited v Laird Security Hardware Limited

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 sections 1, 2, 3, 27

Keywords

Amendment, Claim construction, Inventive step

Related Decisions

O/156/05, O/067/06

Summary

In section 27 proceedings, the decision in BL O/067/06 that the claims as proposed amended are not novel over EP 0411271 was reversed on appeal. The case was remitted to the comptroller for consideration of the issue of inventive step.

Held that, on the construction found by the court, the claims are inventive, and accordingly the request to amend is allowable.

Full decision O/375/06 72Kb