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Freshorize Limited, Malton Inflight Limited [2009] UKIntelP o39609 (21 December 2009)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/396/09
Concerning rights in
GB2368285
Hearing Officer
Mr B Buchanan
Decision date
21 December 2009
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Freshorize Limited, Malton Inflight Limited
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Sections 1(1)(a), 1(1)(b), 72(1)
Keywords
Inventive step, Novelty, Revocation
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The Hearing Officer found that revocation of the patent was not in the public interest. The applicant for revocation had withdrawn the application and the Hearing Officer considered the Proprietor’s response and examiner’s observations based on the original application. The invention as defined by the claims was found to be novel and to involve an inventive step.


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