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Mr M A McKenzie [2003] UKIntelP o18203 (25 June 2003)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/182/03
- Concerning rights in
- GB9907874.3
- Hearing Officer
- Mrs J A Wilson
- Decision date
- 25 June 2003
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Mr M A McKenzie
- Provisions discussed
- PA.1977 s2, s3, s14(5), s76
- Keywords
- Added subject matter, Clarity, Inventive step, Novelty
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
During the course of examination the claims were amended several times in response to novelty, inventive step and clarity objections but none of the amended claims were considered to meet the objections and, additionally, some of the amended claims were deemed to add matter.
The HO held that the examiners objections were well-founded and that, whilst amendments could be made to clarify the claims and remove the added matter, there were no technical features in the application as originally filed which could be added to the claims in order to meet the novelty and inventive step objections. The application was refused.