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John David Dowling (Patent) [2006] UKIntelP o08306 (27 March 2006)
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John David Dowling [2006] UKIntelP o08306 (27 March 2006)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/083/06
- Concerning rights in
- GB2381190
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Thorpe
- Decision date
- 27 March 2006
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- John David Dowling
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977, section 1
- Keywords
- Inventive step, Novelty, Plurality of invention
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to an article of furniture that can be converted between a sofa and a bed and includes two separate features which were found not to interact with each other. Following the reasoning of the House of Lords in Sabaf SpA v MFI Furniture Centres Ltd it was held that the invention related to two separate inventions neither of which was novel nor involving an inventive step. The application was therefore refused.