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Neo-Inhalation Products Limited (Patent) [2013] UKIntelP o15413 (16 April 2013)

Patent decision

BL number
O/154/13
Concerning rights in
GB 0812854.8
Hearing Officer
Mrs S E Chalmers
Decision date
16 April 2013
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Neo-Inhalation Products Limited
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Section 118(1); Patents Rules 2007, Rule 53
Keywords
Confidentiality
Related Decisions
None

Summary

Confidentiality under Rule 53 was requested in respect of a document filed as evidence to rebut an inventive step objection, on the grounds that it contained valuable and commercially sensitive information. No argument was advanced as to why putting this document into the public domain would be harmful to the applicant. The Hearing Officer applied the criteria set out in Diamond Shamrock Technologies S.A.'s Patent [1987] RPC 91 and refused the request.


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