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Darran Bird [2010] UKIntelP o18810 (8 June 2010)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/188/10
Concerning rights in
GB 0611578.6
Hearing Officer
Mr S Brown
Decision date
8 June 2010
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Darran Bird
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 Sections 1(1)(b), 1(2) & 14(3)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused), Inventive step, Sufficiency
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The application concerns a method for determining the optimum length of the shaft of a golf club by measuring the lengths of various body parts of a golfer standing in an upright position. The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter. Having decided that the invention was excluded the Hearing Officer did not consider the issues of Inventive step and sufficiency in any depth.


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