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Martin Lister [2011] UKIntelP o26711 (1 August 2011)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/267/11
- Concerning rights in
- GB0520147.0
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Brown
- Decision date
- 1 August 2011
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Martin Lister
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Sections 1(1)(a) & (b)
- Keywords
- Inventive step, Novelty
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application concerns a device which is a combined spoon, fork, knife & can opener. The Hearing Officer compared the device with those in four different citations and found that the application lacked the required novelty and inventive step. The application was refused.