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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/676/21
- Concerning rights in
- GB1602103.2
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Thorpe
- Decision date
- 16 September 2021
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- China Nuclear Power Engineering
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act 1977 Section 1(1)(b)
- Keywords
- Inventive step
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention relates to providing an auxiliary control point that can shut down or disable the main control room in a nuclear power plant when that is inoperable or inaccessible. ApplyingWindsurfing, the hearing officer found the invention to lack an inventive step on the basis of a single document and common general knowledge. The application was therefore refused.
Full decisionO/676/21 
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