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Darran Bird (Patent) [2010] UKIntelP o18810 (8 June 2010)
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Darran Bird [2010] UKIntelP o18810 (8 June 2010)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/188/10
- Concerning rights in
- GB 0611578.6
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 8 June 2010
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Darran Bird
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Sections 1(1)(b), 1(2) & 14(3)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused), Inventive step, Sufficiency
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application concerns a method for determining the optimum length of the shaft of a golf club by measuring the lengths of various body parts of a golfer standing in an upright position. The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter. Having decided that the invention was excluded the Hearing Officer did not consider the issues of Inventive step and sufficiency in any depth.