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Christopher Nigel Ashton (Patent) [2023] UKIntelP o000623 (4 January 2023)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2023/o000623.html
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[2023] UKIntelP o623
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/0006/23
- Concerning rights in
- GB1803221.9
- Hearing Officer
- Mr P Thorpe
- Decision date
- 4 January 2023
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Christopher Nigel Ashton
- Provisions discussed
- Patents Act Section 1(1)(b) and 1(2)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (allowed), Inventive step
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The invention relates to a game played on a marked field area or golf course using a ball and ball launcher. The invention aims to provide a permanent or temporary ground-marked game which can be played on field areas or golf courses, which may otherwise remain unused for periods of time (for example, due to weather and seasons). The invention which was directed to the apparatus for playing the game was found to be obvious but not excluded. The application was refused.
Full decisionO/0006/23
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