Optinose AS (Patent) [2012] UKIntelP o02612 (27 January 2012)
Patent decision
BL number
O/026/12
Concerning rights in
GB 1103477.4
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
27 January 2012
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Optinose AS
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 14(5)
Keywords
Claim construction, Divisional application
Related Decisions
None
Summary
The decision considered whether the invention claimed in a divisional application related to the same invention as claimed in the granted parent application. The hearing officer found the one of the dependant claims in the divisional fall entirely within the scope of one of the claims in the parent. However since these claims were not coterminous, nor did they relate in substance to the same invention, they was no conflict. The application was forwarded for grant.