Patent decision

BL number

O/482/14

Concerning rights in

Patent application GB1002714.2

Hearing Officer

Dr J E Porter

Decision date

11 November 2014

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Michael Oluwaseun Bamidele

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 section 14(3)

Keywords

Sufficiency

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The invention relates to an electronic book reading system, for accessing and reading digital content via a hand-held device. Data is transmitted wirelessly from the device to a lens system, in the form of glasses worn by the user or other lenses. The lens system reproduces content for the user in the form of a projected three-dimensional display. The specification refers to nanotechnological circuitry in the lens(es) to enable this.

The Hearing Officer held that the specification lacked any technical explanation of how data is transmitted wirelessly and received by the lens arrangement. It also had no discussion of how content is projected as a three-dimensional display by the lens arrangement. In these respects, it had no meaningful technical disclosure which could amount to a teaching for the skilled man.

This view was reinforced by prior art documents showing various systems for transmitting digital content from devices to glasses of some type. The prior art glasses contained separate LCD screens for left and right eyes. But there was clearly a significant technical leap in replacing these with transparent glass lenses which contained nanotechnological circuitry and had the ability to project a three dimensional image. The specification gave the skilled man no technical assistance in making that leap.

The application was refused for insufficient disclosure.

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