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Mr Clifford Goodenough (Patent) [2013] UKIntelP o40313 (16 October 2013)

Patent decision

BL number
O/403/13
Concerning rights in
GB 1220457.4
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
16 October 2013
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Mr Clifford Goodenough
Provisions discussed
Section 1 of the Patents Act 1977
Keywords
Inventive step
Related Decisions
None

Summary

Patent application GB 1220457.4 relates to a retractable additional half step for use with a flight of stairs. The half step is intended to assist people who would otherwise struggle to climb normally spaced stairs. Applying the approach set out in Windsurfing and Pozzoli, the Hearing Officer found that the invention did not involve an inventive step. He could also find no saving amendment and hence refused the application


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