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John David Dowling [2006] UKIntelP o08306 (27 March 2006)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/083/06
Concerning rights in
GB2381190
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
27 March 2006
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
John David Dowling
Provisions discussed
PA 1977, section 1
Keywords
Inventive step, Novelty, Plurality of invention
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application relates to an article of furniture that can be converted between a sofa and a bed and includes two separate features which were found not to interact with each other. Following the reasoning of the House of Lords in Sabaf SpA v MFI Furniture Centres Ltd it was held that the invention related to two separate inventions neither of which was novel nor involving an inventive step. The application was therefore refused.


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