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Winther Browne Company Limited and Valor Limited (Patent) [2012] UKIntelP o43412 (1 November 2012)

Patent decision

BL number
O/434/12
Concerning rights in
GB 2402468
Hearing Officer
Dr J E Porter
Decision date
1 November 2012
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Winther Browne & Company Limited and Valor Limited
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 Section 72, 75
Keywords
Amendment, Certificate of contested validity, Revocation
Related Decisions
O/121/12, O/179/09

Summary

The Hearing Officer found the patent to be invalid during the course of revocation action. In order to meet the issues raised, Valor Limited applied to amend the patent under s75. In Decision BL/O/121/12, the Hearing Officer concluded that the proposed amendments were allowable, and so in the present decision the Hearing Officer allowed the amendments.

Valor Limited requested a certificate of validity. The Hearing Officer certified that the validity of patent GB2402468 as amended had been contested on the grounds of added matter and lack of novelty, inventive step, clarity and industrial applicability, and the patent as amended had been found to be valid.


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