The application was entitled Hands-free megaphone and claimed a combination of a microphone assembly, a body pack including an output horn secured by a belt around a users body, and a cable connecting the microphone assembly and the body pack. An objection of lack of inventive step was based on a French patent. It was found that there were several differences between the claimed invention and the disclosure in the cited French patent. Following Windsurfing, it was held that the current application involved an inventive step, and should proceed to grant.
Judges:
Mr Brunt
Citations:
[2003] UKIntelP o32503, GB 0006887.4, O/325/03
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Statutes:
Intellectual Property
Updated: 16 October 2022; Ref: scu.455738
