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Trevor Lyn Whatford [2008] UKIntelP o34508 (11 April 2008)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/345/08
- Concerning rights in
- GB0705177.4
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Thorpe
- Decision date
- 11 April 2008
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Trevor Lyn Whatford
- Provisions discussed
- PA77 Sections 1(1)(c) and 14(3)
- Keywords
- Industrial application, Sufficiency
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application related to a device comprising pivoted levers mounted on a rotating framework. The hearing officer upheld the examiner’s objection that the invention operated in a manner contrary to well-established physical laws and was therefore neither capable of industrial application nor sufficiently disclosed.