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Trevor Lyn Whatford [2010] UKIntelP o18010 (2 June 2010)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/180/10
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0702274.2
- Hearing Officer
- Mrs S E Chalmers
- Decision date
- 2 June 2010
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Trevor Lyn Whatford
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 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 held that the invention operated in a manner contrary to well-established physical laws and was therefore neither capable of industrial application nor sufficiently disclosed.