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Premium Aircraft Interiors Group Limited [2010] UKIntelP o18610 (7 June 2010)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/186/10
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0723686.2
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Thorpe
- Decision date
- 7 June 2010
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Premium Aircraft Interiors Group Limited
- Provisions discussed
- PA Section 1(1)(b)
- Keywords
- Inventive step
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention relates to an arrangement of seats on an aircraft. More specifically the invention relates to the realisation that if passengers in an aircraft are seated facing in alternate directions, with their torsos and shoulders longitudinally spaced from each other in rows, then the lateral spacing between individual seats can be reduced. This allows for more seats to be accommodated. For example in a wide bodied aircraft, typically with eight/nine seats per row, this enables an increase in one in the number of seats across the aircraft. The Hearing Officer found the invention as claimed does involve an inventive step having regard to the cited prior art. The application was sent for grant.