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Conversor Products Ltd [2008] UKIntelP o13908 (16 May 2008)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/139/08
Concerning rights in
GB2267412C
Hearing Officer
Mr S Probert
Decision date
16 May 2008
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Conversor Products Ltd
Provisions discussed
Section 72, rule 77
Keywords
Novelty
Related Decisions
[2007] UKIntelP o29607

Summary

The applicant applied to revoke his own patent on the ground that some of the claims lacked novelty and/or inventive step. No counter-statement was filed. The invention concerned a hearing aid system.

A broadly equivalent EP patent had already been revoked by the EPO for lack of inventive step following a successful opposition. The Hearing Officer found that one of the claims in this GB patent was significantly broader than the broadest claim in the EP patent, and was completely anticipated by prior art. Hence the patent, as it stood, was invalid. As there was no prospect of amendment under section 75, the Hearing Officer revoked the patent.


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