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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/838/21
- Concerning rights in
- GB1421819.2
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Mason
- Decision date
- 15 November 2021
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Starna Scientific Limited
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act 1977 section 1(1)(1) (b)
- Keywords
- Inventive step
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to a method of validating a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) thermal cycler. The method generally concerns suspending a fluorophore in a thermoplastic matrix, wherein the fluorophore has a predetermined property. The thermal cycler is validated by comparing measurements obtained by the thermal cycler, regarding the fluorophore/thermoplastic complex, with a predetermined range. The hearing officer followed the Windsurfing/Pozzoli steps and determined that the inventive concept was inventive when considering the prior art cited by the examiner. The application was remitted to the examiner to conclude the processing.
Full decisionO/838/21 
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