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Linda Long [2010] UKIntelP o16710 (25 May 2010)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/167/10
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0523890.2
- Hearing Officer
- Mr B Micklewright
- Decision date
- 25 May 2010
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Linda Long
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act 1977 Sections 2, 3 and 14
- Keywords
- Clarity, Inventive step, Novelty
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention related to indicating when a parking space on a car park was free or was occupied by a vehicle. The claimed invention achieved this by using a light source to illuminate an indicia, preferably on the ceiling, if there was no vehicle in a parking space and to cast a shadow on the indicia if there was a vehicle in the parking space. The hearing officer found that this invention lacked novelty and an inventive step over the disclosure of patent document DE 3904826 C1. He also found that the claim was unclear because the invention was defined by the result to be achieved. He therefore refused the application.