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Cite as: [2021] UKIntelP o40121
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/401/21
- Concerning rights in
- EP(UK) 1877205
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Thorpe
- Decision date
- 27 May 2021
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Ingvest AB v Kingspan UK & STAM S.p.a
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act Section 74B
- Keywords
- Opinions and Reviews
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The decision relates to a review of Opinion 13/20 which considered whether the patent, which relates to method of shaping profiles from a plane metal strip through the use of a production line, was infringed. The opinion concluded that there was no infringement. The proprietor of the patent however submits that the examiner has reached this conclusion only interpreting the claim in a manner that is clearly wrong.
The Hearing Officer, applying the principles set out in DLP, decided that the examiner had not by reason of how he had interpreted the specification of the patent, reached a conclusion on infringement that is clearly wrong. The opinion was therefore not set aside.
Full decisionO/401/21 
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