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Robert Leigh v Eurokrete Holdings Limited [2010] UKIntelP o27710 (3 August 2010)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/277/10
- Concerning rights in
- GB 2313137 B
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Thorpe
- Decision date
- 3 August 2010
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Robert Leigh v Eurokrete Holdings Limited
- Provisions discussed
- Section 72 of the Patents Act 1977
- Keywords
- Revocation
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The applicant, Mr Leigh, sought revocation of patent GB 2313137 B arguing that the invention was not new or was obvious in the light of the disclosures in a number of documents. The invention related to a method of weatherproofing a building structure, in particular a roof, using ferrocement. The hearing Officer having construed the main claim, found that it was not new. The Hearing Officer also found the other independent claim, claim 20, to be lacking in novelty. The patentee’s request for a further opportunity to amend was refused on the basis that the Hearing Officer could not find anything that might support a valid patent.