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Martin Lister [2011] UKIntelP o26711 (1 August 2011)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/267/11
Concerning rights in
GB0520147.0
Hearing Officer
Mr S Brown
Decision date
1 August 2011
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Martin Lister
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Sections 1(1)(a) & (b)
Keywords
Inventive step, Novelty
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application concerns a device which is a combined spoon, fork, knife & can opener. The Hearing Officer compared the device with those in four different citations and found that the application lacked the required novelty and inventive step. The application was refused.


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