Norman Paterson and Nicholas Jones (Patent): IPO 30 Sep 2008

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:

Bailii

Statutes:

Patents Act 1977 1(1)(c) 4 14(3)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Intellectual Property

Updated: 20 October 2022; Ref: scu.457154