IPO The application related to a device for generating electricity by pumping water to an impeller attached to a generator. The hearing officer upheld the examiner’s objection that the invention operated in a manner contrary to well-established physical laws and was therefore neither capable of industrial application nor sufficiently disclosed. Citations: [2008] UKIntelP o26608 Links: … Continue reading Norman Paterson and Nicholas Jones (Patent): IPO 30 Sep 2008

IPO Industrial application – The application relates to an arrangement for producing power. The Hearing office held that (i) the invention was not capable of industrial application because its alleged mode of operation was contrary to well-established physical laws, and (ii) that the specification was not sufficient to enable the skilled man to produce a … Continue reading Peter Joseph Crowley (Patent): IPO 1 Aug 2007

Industrial application – The invention related to a series of bags connected to form a vertical conveyer which rotates over rollers. Bags on the descending side of the conveyer are filled with water, causing the conveyer to rotate as the water-filled bags fall under gravity. Bags on the ascending side of the conveyer are empty, … Continue reading Peter Joseph Crowley (Patent): IPO 27 Sep 2013