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Trevor Lyn Whatford [2008] UKIntelP o17508 (24 June 2008)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/175/08
Concerning rights in
GB 0718136.5
Hearing Officer
Mr R C Kennell
Decision date
24 June 2008
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Trevor Lyn Whatford
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 sections 1(1)(c), 4, 14(3)
Keywords
Industrial application, Sufficiency
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application related to a rotary device in which an imbalance of buoyancy was said to produce continuous rotation. The hearing officer upheld the examiner’s objection that, because there was no input of energy, the invention operated in a manner contrary to well-established physical laws; it was therefore neither capable of industrial application nor sufficiently disclosed.


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