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Mr Adrian Neil Warren [2002] UKIntelP o34002 (15 August 2002)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/340/02
- Concerning rights in
- GB0024500.1, GB0024501.9 and GB0024503.5.
- Hearing Officer
- Mr M C Wright
- Decision date
- 15 August 2002
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Mr Adrian Neil Warren
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Rules 1995, Rule 110(4)
- Keywords
- Extensions of time
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The Hearing Officer accepted that the proprietor contacted the Patent Office by telephone shortly before the expiry of the twelve-month period for requesting preliminary examination and search. He also took the view that the applicant may have misunderstood what he was told and so genuinely believed he could obtain a longer automatic extension of time to file the Patents Form 9/77 and fee for each application. The Hearing Officer was therefore satisfied that the applicant always had a continuing underlying intention to file the forms and fees and that the request for an extension of time did not constitute a change of mind. He therefore gave the applicant the benefit of the doubt and allowed the extension request.