GEC Avionics’ Patent

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1992
CourtPatent Office
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5 cases
  • Ian Alexander Shanks (Claimant and Appellant) v Unilever Plc and Others (Defendants and Respondents)
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division (Patents Court)
    • 23 Mayo 2014
    ...J said that he did not disagree with a statement by the Superintending Examiner in GEC Avionics Limited's Patent (Ellis' Application) [1992] RPC 107, to the effect that the rationale for the use of the word outstanding was that the employee had already been compensated for the invention thr......
  • Ian Alexander Shanks (Claimant/Appellant) v Unilever Plc and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 Enero 2017
    ...said: "(2) Is the benefit outstanding? The superintending examiner in this case quoted from the decision in GEC Avionics Ltd.'s Patent, [1992] RPC. 107 to the effect that the rationale being the requirement for outstanding benefit was that the employee had already received compensation for ......
  • Shanks v Unilever Plc and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 23 Octubre 2019
    ...Is the benefit outstanding? 36 I now turn to the meaning of the word “outstanding” in the expression “outstanding benefit”. In GEC Avionics Ltd's Patent [1992] RPC 107, 115, Mr Vivian, for the Comptroller, noted that the statute did not use words such as “significant” or “substantial” and ......
  • (1)Kelly (James Duncan) (2)Kwok Wai Chiu v GE Healthcare Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division (Patents Court)
    • 11 Febrero 2009
    ...“outstanding”. In Memco Med Aldous J said that he did not disagree with a statement by the Superintending Examiner in GEC Avionics Limited's Patent (Ellis' Application) [1992] RPC 107, to the effect that the rationale for the use of the word outstanding was that the employee had already bee......
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