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Thomas R Cann (Patent) [2012] UKIntelP o40512 (17 October 2012)
Patent decision
- BL number
- O/405/12
- Concerning rights in
- GB 2457647A
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Probert
- Decision date
- 17 October 2012
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Thomas R Cann
- Provisions discussed
- Section 1
- Keywords
- Novelty
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application concerned a flood protection system. The Hearing Officer decided that the latest version of the claim on the official file at the end of the compliance period was anticipated by three earlier published patent applications. However, he decided that if the compliance period were to be extended, the applicant should be able to amend the claim to a form that would be allowable.
The Hearing Officer gave a conditional decision. If, within the next three weeks, the applicant extends the compliance period and amends the claim as envisaged during the hearing, then the application would be sent to grant. Otherwise, the application will be refused in three weeks’ time for lack of novelty.