British Steel Plc's Patent

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1992
Date1992
CourtPatent Office
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9 cases
  • Ian Alexander Shanks (Claimant/Appellant) v Unilever Plc and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 January 2017
    ...be looked at in the total context of the activities of the employer concerned to see whether it is outstanding". Dr. Ferdinando in British Steel PLC's Patent, [1992] RPC 117 said, at page 5 of the transcript: "Thirdly, subsection (1) makes clear that the patent must be of 'outstanding' ben......
  • Ian Alexander Shanks (Claimant and Appellant) v Unilever Plc and Others (Defendants and Respondents)
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division (Patents Court)
    • 23 May 2014
    ...20. Aldous J also did not disagree with a statement made by a superintending examiner in British Steel PLC's Patent (Monks' Application) [1992] RPC 117 in which it was said that: 'While Mr Tritton was plainly correct in describing "outstanding" as a comparative term, I would regard it as go......
  • Shanks v Unilever Plc and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 23 October 2019
    ...because the employer had received substantial orders for equipment not employing the invention well after its merits were known. In British Steel PLC's Patent [1992] RPC 117, 122, Dr Ferdinando, for the Comptroller, thought the word “outstanding” implied a superlative. The patent related t......
  • (1)Kelly (James Duncan) (2)Kwok Wai Chiu v GE Healthcare Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division (Patents Court)
    • 11 February 2009
    ...see whether it is outstanding.” 20 Aldous J also did not disagree with a statement made by a superintending examiner in British Steel PLC's Patent (Monks' Application) [1992] RPC 117 in which it was said that: “While Mr Tritton was plainly correct in describing 'outstanding' as a comparativ......
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