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John Mills Ltd (Patent) [2014] UKIntelP o31814 (21 July 2014)

Patent decision

BL number
O/318/14
Concerning rights in
EP1 586259 B1
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
21 July 2014
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
John Mills Ltd
Provisions discussed
Section 72, Rule 77
Keywords
Inventive step, Novelty, Revocation
Related Decisions
None

Summary

An application to revoke a patent on the ground that the claims lacked an inventive step was made. No counter-statement was filed. The invention concerns a blender system which is usable with a variety of containers, at least some of which may be used as mugs, so that blended product may be consumed directly from the container in which it was blended

The application to revoke was based on a large number of prior art documents with the claimant alleging that the subject matter of all the claims was obvious. The Hearing Officer agreed therefore the patent as it stood was invalid. As there was no prospect of amendment under section 75, the patent was revoked.


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