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Trevor Lyn Whatford [2008] UKIntelP o17508 (24 June 2008)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/175/08
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0718136.5
- Hearing Officer
- Mr R C Kennell
- Decision date
- 24 June 2008
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Trevor Lyn Whatford
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 sections 1(1)(c), 4, 14(3)
- Keywords
- Industrial application, Sufficiency
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application related to a rotary device in which an imbalance of buoyancy was said to produce continuous rotation. The hearing officer upheld the examiner’s objection that, because there was no input of energy, the invention operated in a manner contrary to well-established physical laws; it was therefore neither capable of industrial application nor sufficiently disclosed.