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Patent decision

BL number
O/676/21
Concerning rights in
GB1602103.2
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
16 September 2021
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
China Nuclear Power Engineering
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 Section 1(1)(b)
Keywords
Inventive step
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention relates to providing an auxiliary control point that can shut down or disable the main control room in a nuclear power plant when that is inoperable or inaccessible. ApplyingWindsurfing, the hearing officer found the invention to lack an inventive step on the basis of a single document and common general knowledge. The application was therefore refused.

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