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Blaise Coonan [2008] UKIntelP o15608 (5 June 2008)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/156/08
- Concerning rights in
- GB2430471A
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Probert
- Decision date
- 5 June 2008
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Blaise Coonan
- Provisions discussed
- Section 1(1)(c)
- Keywords
- Industrial application
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to a variable buoyancy device that allegedly moves up and down in a fluid, by using eg. hydraulic forces within the fluid to change the volume (and hence buoyancy) of the device; the motion of the device being harnessed via cables and pulleys to generate electricity.
The hearing officer refused the application on the grounds that it was another example of a perpetual motion machine and therefore, according to the laws of physics, incapable of industrial application. Rather than recite the reasons already given by the Comptroller in many previous decisions, the hearing officer listed sixteen similar decisions from past cases and adopted the reasons.