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Robert Leonard Carpenter [2003] UKIntelP o32503 (27 October 2003)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/325/03
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0006887.4
- Hearing Officer
- Mr Brunt
- Decision date
- 27 October 2003
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Robert Leonard Carpenter
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 sections 1(1)(b), 3
- Keywords
- Inventive step
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application was entitled Hands-free megaphone and claimed a combination of a microphone assembly, a body pack including an output horn secured by a belt around a users body, and a cable connecting the microphone assembly and the body pack. An objection of lack of inventive step was based on a French patent. It was found that there were several differences between the claimed invention and the disclosure in the cited French patent. Following Windsurfing, it was held that the current application involved an inventive step, and should proceed to grant.