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Smith International Inc v Specialised Petroleum Group Services (Patent) [2005] UKIntelP o00905 (11 January 2005)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2005/o00905.html
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Smith International Inc v Specialised Petroleum Group Services [2005] UKIntelP o00905 (11 January 2005)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/009/05
- Concerning rights in
- GB 2335687
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Hayward
- Decision date
- 11 January 2005
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Smith International Inc v Specialised Petroleum Group Services
- Provisions discussed
- CPR part 52; PA 1977 section 72
- Keywords
- Appeal, Extensions of time
- Related Decisions
- [2004] UKIntelP o35204
Summary
The comptroller no longer has jurisdiction to extend the period for filing an appellants notice at the High Court - see Patent Office Practice Notice 1/2003 at [2003] RPC 46. However, the hearing officer held that, owing to an anomaly in the Civil Procedure Rules, he did have jurisdiction to direct the period within which the respondents notice should be filed. Having considered the facts, he directed that the respondents notice be filed within three weeks, rather than the default period of two weeks that would otherwise have applied.