by Eddie Bishop | Feb 15, 2022 | Briefings, EPO
Background In 2018, two patent applications (EP3564144 and EP3563896) were filed by the same applicant, Dr Thaler, and initially failed to provide information about the inventor. After notification from the EPO regarding the missing inventor details, the applicant...
by Juliette Boynton | Feb 11, 2022 | Briefings, Designs & Copyright
Miele had obtained a registration of a vacuum cleaner bag and Green Label applied to have this registration declared invalid. Green Label’s main argument was that a vacuum cleaner bag is component part of a complex product, the component is not visible during normal...
by George Schlich | Feb 9, 2022 | Inventors, News
AVS are locally based and Paul was able to visit us with a sample of his invention, a modified louvre. The modification provides a new water channel at the back of the louvre and into its frame so that in periods of exceptional rain and wind even the water that...
by Sean HutchinsonEddie Bishop | Feb 8, 2022 | EPO
Background In our previous article, we discussed the expected referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal in case T 116/18, wherein the Board of Appeal decided greater clarity was required concerning the use of post-published data when considering inventive step. The...
by Alex Bajjon | Feb 4, 2022 | EPO
Background In this case, the applicant appealed an Examining Division decision to refuse an application under Art. 84 EPC as the applicant did not, in the Examining Division’s view, sufficiently amend the description to conform with the allowed claims. On appeal, the...
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