Table of cases
Section last updated: April 2024.
Notes:
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For EPO decisions, see separate list below.
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“SHB” indicates a Secretariat Hearing Box number (old Office numbering system).
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The Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases (RPCs) have been published since 1884. For those published between 1884 and 1955, the first number of the RPC citation refers to the Volume number, where Volume 1 was published in 1884, Volume 2 in 1885 etc. From 1956 onwards, the year is provided instead.
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In 2001, Sweet & Maxwell (then publishers of the RPCs on behalf of the Office) changed the way in which cases are cited. For citations up until the end of 2000, the final number of the citation refers to the page number in that year’s volume. From the beginning of 2001, the final number refers to case number in that year’s volume. This numbering system applies to the RPCs and to Sweet & Maxwell reports cited from the beginning of 2001, including FSRs and EPORs.
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| Case | Citation | Manual Paragraph(s) | |
| 4D Pharma’s Application | BL O/202/21 | 20.02 | |
| Abaco Machines (Australasia) Pty Ltd’s Application | [2007] EWHC 347 (Pat) | 130.34, 89.01, 5.26.4 | |
| Abbott Laboratories (Chu’s) Patent | [1992] RPC 487 | 72.26 | |
| Abbott Laboratories Ltd. v Medinol Ltd | [2010] EWHC 2865 (Pat) | 14.171, 76.08.2 | |
| AB Hassle’s Patent 1308106 (“metoprolol”) | SHB 12, BL O/79/87 | 46.66.1, 46.75, 46.76.2 | |
| Ability International Ltd v Monkey Tower Ltd | BL O/484/14 | 75.15.1 | |
| Abraham’s Patent 1302188 | SHB 26, BL O/186/87 | 46.49 | |
| ABT Hardware Ltd’s Application | SHB 259, BL O/36/87 | 3.28.2 | |
| Acumen Design Associates LTD | BL O/131/17 | 14.120 | |
| Actavis Group PTC EHF v Pharmacia LLC | [2014] EWHC 2265 | 71.02 | |
| Actavis Group PTC EHF v ICOS Corporation & Ors | [2017] EWCA Civ 1671 [2019] UKSC 15 |
3.87.2, 125.17.7 | |
| Actavis UK Ltd v Janssen Pharmaceutica NV | [2008] EWHC 1422 [2008] FSR 35 | 4A.28 | |
| Actavis UK Ltd v Merck | [2008] RPC 26 | 0.10, 3.37.2, 4A.28.1-4A.28.2,130.31 | |
| Actavis UK Ltd v Novartis AG | [2010] EWCA Civ 82 | 3.99 | |
| Actavis UK Ltd & Others v Eli Lilly & Company | [2015] EWCA Civ 555, [2017] UKSC 48 | 60.19.2, 14.144, 2.03, 125.17.3-125.18.5, 125.26 | |
| Adamson Jones IP Limited v American Isostatic Presses Inc | BLO/00992/23 | 5.30 | |
| Adgistics Ltd’s Application | BL O/297/04 | ||
| Adhesive Dry Mounting Co Ltd v Trapp & Co | 27 RPC 341 | 2.14 | |
| Advocat Giovanni Gozzo AB’s Patent | SHB 459, BL O/150/95 | 28.16 | |
| Aerotel Ltd v Telco Holdings Ltd Ors Rev 1 (Aerotel/Macrossan) | [2006] EWCA Civ1371; [2007] RPC 7 | 1.07, 1.08, 1.09.1, 1.10, 1.14, 1.18, 1.19, 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.25, 1.33-1.33.1, 1.33.2 | |
| Aerotel Ltd v Wavecrest Group Enterprises Ltd & Ors | [2008] EWHC 1180 (Pat) | 1.20.1 | |
| Agfa-Gevaert AG’s Application | [1982] RPC 441 | 5.30 | |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc V Fibrogen Inc | [2020] EWHC 866 (Pat) [2021] EWCA Civ 1279, [2021] EWCA Civ 1279 | 14.93.2, 125.17.9, 125.26.1 14.93.2, 14.88.1 | |
| Akron Brass Company’s application | BL O/012/19 | 20.02.1 | |
| Albright & Wilson Ltd’s Patent | SHB 378, BL O/190/92 | 73.11 | |
| Ali et al’s Application | BL O/264/10 | 20A.11.1 | |
| Allen and Hanburys Ltd’s Patent 1266058 (“labetalol”) | BL O/137/85 | 46.62 | |
| Allen and Hanburys Ltd’s Patent 1200886 (“salbutamol”) | [1987] RPC 327 | 46.31-32, 46.35-36, 46.38.1, 46.39-39.1, 46.47, 46.48, 46.53, 46.56, 46.58, 46.62 | |
| Allen and Hanburys Ltd v Generics (UK) Ltd and Gist-Brocades NV and others and Comptroller General of Patents (“Gist Brocades”) | [1986] RPC 203 [1988] FSR 312 | 46.02, 46.05-07, 46.20, 46.24, 46.27-29, 46.35, 46.53, 46.59, 46.78.1, 60.15 | |
| Allen and Hanburys Ltd’s Patent 1429 184 | SHB 86 | 46.38.2, 46.44, 46.71-72 | |
| Allen and Hanbury v Generics | [1988] FSR 312 | 46.53, 46.78.1, 60.15F | |
| Allmanna Svenska Elektriska AB’s Application | [1976] RPC 464 | 72.14 | |
| Allmanna Svenska Elektriska AB v The Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd | 69 RPC 63 | 3.04 | |
| Alphaplan Ltd’s Application | SHB 418, BL O/127/93 | 123.08 | |
| Alps Electric Co’s Application | SHB 311, BL O/12/90 | 15.08.1 | |
| Amchem’s Products Inc’s Patent | [1978] RPC 271 | 14.153 | |
| Ament’s Application | [1994] RPC 647 | 28.15.1 | |
| American Cyanamid Co’s (Fenbufen) Patent | [1990] RPC 309 [1991] RPC 409 | 46.35, 46.37, 46.38-38.1, 46.41, 46.45, 46.47.2, 46.56, 46.69.2-70 | |
| American Cyanamid v Ethicon | [1979] RPC 265 | 14.71, 14.87 | |
| American Home Products Corp. v Novartis Pharmaceuticals Ltd | [2001] RPC 8 | 4A.30, 4A.31, 14.82-14.84 | |
| Ammonia’s Application | 49 RPC 409 | 2.09 | |
| Anan Kasei v Neo Chemicals | [2019] EWCA Civ 1646 | 14.76, 14.80.1, 14.123.1 | |
| Anan Kasei Co Ltd & Rhodia Operations SAS v Molycorp Chemicals & Oxides Ltd | [2018] EWHC 843 (Pat) | 14.123.1 | |
| Ancare New Zealand Ltd’s Patent | [2003] RPC 8 | 3.98 | |
| Anderson’s Application | BL O/112/12 | 1.32.1 | |
| Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc’s Patent (Application for Revocation by Conor Medsystems Inc) | [2006] RPC 28 | 3.87 | |
| Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc v Conor Medsystems Inc | [2007] RPC 20 [2007] EWCA Civ 5 | 3.46 | |
| Anderson’s Application | BL O/297/02 | 15.21 | |
| Anning’s Application | BL O/374/06 | 5.26.5, 20A.13, 20A.14, 28.09, 28.09.1 | |
| Anning’s Patent Application | [2007] EWHC 2770 (Pat) | 20.02.2, 20A.02, 20A.11.1 | |
| Apimed Medical Honey Ltd v Brightwake Ltd | [2011] EWPCC 2, [2011] RPC 16 | 3.30.2 | |
| Apple Inc’s Application | BL O/244/13 | 1.38.5 | |
| AP Racing Ltd v Alcon Components Ltd | [2014] EWCA Civ 40 | 76.15.0 | |
| Armaturjonsson AB’s Application | [1985] RPC 213 | 123.45 | |
| ARMCO Inc’s Application | BL O/84/85 | 14.171, 76.08.2 | |
| Armstrong-Kropp Development Corporation’s Applications | [1974] RPC 268 | 18.96 | |
| Arrow Electric Switches Ltd’s Applications | 61 RPC 1 | 18.97 | |
| Asahi Kasei Kogyo KK | [1991] RPC 485 | 2.10.2, 5.23, 14.152, 76.08 | |
| Ashland Oil Inc’s Patent 1190644 | BL O/35/86 | 46.49 | |
| Astron Clinica and other’s Applications | [2008] EWHC 85 (Pat) RPC 14 | 1.13, 1.15.1,1.35 | |
| AT&T Knowledge Ventures’ Application and CVON Innovations Ltd’s Application | [2009] FSR 19 | 1.29.1, 1.37, 1.38.1, 1.38.3, 1.38.4 | |
| atenolol | see ICI | ||
| Atlas Powder Co’s Patent | [1995] RPC 666 | 28.15 | |
| Auchincloss v Agricultural & Veterinary Supplies Ltd | [1999] RPC 397 [1997] RPC 649 | 14.117, 60.24 | |
| Aujla v Sanghera | [2004] EWCA Civ 121 | 20.08 | |
| Autonomy Corp Ltd v Comptroller General of Patents, Trade Marks & Designs | [2008] EWCH 146 (Pat) | 1.40 | |
| Axis Genetics PLC’s (In Administration) Patent | [2000] FSR 448 | 72.04.1 | |
| Badische Anilin and Soda Fabrik v La Societe etc du Rhone | 15 RPC 359 | 14.74 | |
| Bancroft’s Application | 23 RPC 89 | 14.140 | |
| BASF AG v Praesident des Deutschen Patentamts | [2001] 2 CMLR 435 | 77.13 | |
| Bayer AG (Baatz’s) European Application | [1982] RPC 321 | 3.88 | |
| Bayer AG (Meyer’s) Application | [1984] RPC 11 | 4A.19-4A.20 | |
| Bayer AG’s | Patent 1170188 (DDSA’s Application) BL O/139/85 | 46.73 | |
| Bayer AG’s | Patent 1173862 (“nifedipine”) (Generics’ Application) BL O/049/86 | 46.45, 46.48.1, 46.76.1 | |
| Bayer AG’s | Patent 1173862 (“nifedipine”)(Harris Pharmaceuticals’ Application) SHB 31, BL O/008/88 | 46.47.1 | |
| Beloit Technologies Inc v Valmet Paper Machinery Inc | [1995] RPC 705 [1997] RPC 489 | 6.02-03 3.33 | |
| Bentley Engineering Co Ltd’s Patent | [1981] RPC 361 | 27.08 | |
| Bergwerksverband Gmbh’s Patent | 1364 674 SHB 75, BL O/58/89 | 46.58, 46.64 | |
| Bilgrey Samson Ltd’s Application | BL O/577/01 | 14.136.1 | |
| Biogen Inc v Medeva Plc | [1997] RPC 1, [1995] RPC 25 | 1.04, 3.03, 4A.29.5, 5.23, 14.63, 14.79,14.149,14.83-14.84 72.03 | |
| BioProgress Technology Limited v Stanelco Fibre Optics Limited | BL O/351/03 | 8.29 | |
| Blacklight Power Inc.’s Application Blacklight Power Inc. v The Comptroller-General of Patents (Patents Ct) | BL O/170/09 [2009] RPC 6 | 4.05.2, 14.90 3.69, 4.05.1-4.05.2, 14.90, 18.09.2 | |
| Blacklight Power Inc.’s Application | BL O/076/08 | 1.28 | |
| Blacklight Power Inc.’s Application | BL O/114/08 | 1.28 | |
| Bloomberg LLP and Cappellini’s Applications | [2007] EWHC 476 (Pat), [2007] FSR 26 | 1.15.1 | |
| Boehringer Mannheim GmbH v Genzyme Ltd | [1993] FSR 716 | 3.77 | |
| Bonzel & anr. v Intervention Ltd | [1991] RPC 553 | 76.06, 76.07 | |
| Book Protectors and Co’s Patent | SHB 368, BL O/23/96 | 46.66.3 | |
| Border’s Patent | BL O/157/79 | 28.05 | |
| Bradford Dyers Association Ltd’s Application | [1966] FSR 79 | 72.16 | |
| Braun AG’s Application | [1981] RPC 355 | 27.24 | |
| Bridgestone Tire KK’s Patent | SHB 218, BL O/166/92 | 27.28 | |
| Bristol-Myers Co’s Application | [1969] RPC 146 | 2.24 | |
| Bristol Myers Squibb Co. v Baker Norton Pharmaceuticals Inc (Patents Court) Bristol Myers Squibb Co. v Baker Norton Pharmaceuticals Inc (Court of Appeal) | [1999] RPC 253 [2001] RPC 1 | 3.84, 4A.03.1, 4A.28, 4A.28.1-4A.28.2, 4A.31 | |
| British Broadcasting Corporation’s Patent | SHB 306, BL O/49/89 | 28.12 | |
| British Celanese Ltd’s Application | 51 RPC 192 | 14.122 | |
| British Numberplate Manufacturers Association v Hills Numberplates Limited | BL O/66/05 | 72.04 | |
| British Ore Concentration Syndicate Ltd v Mineral Separation Ltd | 26 RPC 124, 27 RPC 47 | 2.09, 3.31 | |
| British Railways Board’s Patent 1179 723 | SHB 103, BL O/041/85 | 71.04 | |
| British Steel’s Patent 2174 029 | SHB 97, [1992] RPC 117 | 40.03.1, 40.04.2 | |
| British United Shoe Machinery Co Ltd v Simon Collier Ltd | 26 RPC 48 | 14.154 | |
| British United Shoe Machinery Co Ltd v A Fussell and Sons Ltd | 25 RPC 651 | 14.109 | |
| Brooks and Cope’s Application | SHB 245, BL O/071/93 | 8.05.1, 10.07.1 | |
| Brownie Wireless Co Ltd’s Applications | 46 RPC 457 | 48A.05, 48B.11 | |
| Brugger and Others v Medic-Aid Ltd | [1996] RPC 635 | 3.39, 3.84 | |
| Brupat Ltd v Smith | [1985] FSR 156 | 65.05 | |
| BSH Industries Ltd’s Patents | [1995] RPC 183 | 2.12.4 | |
| BTH Co Ltd’s Patent | 53 RPC 255 | 27.30 | |
| Buehler AG v Chronos Richardson Ltd | [1998] RPC 609 | 72.04 | |
| Buralls of Wisbech Ltd’s Applications | [2004] RPC 14 | 118.20 | |
| BWS Management’s Patent | SHB 342, BL O/113/90 | 28.16 | |
| Cabot Safety Corp’s Patent | [1992] RPC 39 | 46.50.3, 46.60 | |
| Cairnstores Ltd v Aktiebolaget Hassle | [2002] FSR 35 | 72.04 | |
| Calmic Engineering Co Ltd’s Application | [1973] RPC 684 | 4A.03.1 | |
| Cannings’ United States Application | [1992] RPC 459 | 12.05 | |
| Cantel Medical et al v Arc Medical | [2018] EWHC 345 (Pat) | 75.12 | |
| Cappellini | see Bloomberg | ||
| carboplatin | see Research Corp | ||
| Cartonneries de Thulin SA v CTP White Knight Ltd | [2001] RPC 6 | 14.113, 76.14 | |
| Cartwright’s Patent | SHB 243, BL O/74/93 | 37.19 | |
| Cassidy v Eisenmann & Co Ltd | [1980] FSR 381 | 110.05 | |
| Cassou’s Patent | [1971] RPC 91 | 46.11-12, 46.49, 46.76.2, 47.06 | |
| Cathro’s Application | 51 RPC 475 | 48B.05 | |
| Cathro’s Applications | 51 RPC 75 | 48A.02, 48B.07 | |
| Catnic Components Ltd and another v Hill and Smith Ltd | [1982] RPC 183, [1983] FSR 512 | 14.115-14.117, 125.13, 125.17.5-125.17.6 | |
| Cayless & Sci Sport Limited v Barton & Cullis | BL O/073/98 | 74.07 | |
| Cellartis AB’s Application | BL O/050/11 | 125A.05.1 | |
| Cement and Concrete Association’s Patent | [1984] RPC 131 | 28.11 | |
| Cephalexin see Eli Lilly | |||
| CFPH LLC’s Application | [2005] EWHC 1589 (Pat) [2006] RPC 5 | 1.20.2, 1.27 | |
| Chemische Fabrik auf Aktien’s Application | 45 RPC 403 | 14.154 | |
| Chiron Corp v Organon Teknika Ltd | [1993] FSR 324, 567 [1994] FSR 202, [1994] FSR 258, [1995] FSR589 | 44.10, 3.79, 14.67.1, 14.80, 14.87, 14.152, 75.01, 75.01 | |
| Chiron Corp and ors v Murex Diagnostics Ltd and ors | [1996] RPC 535 | 4.02, 14.80 | |
| Chitolie’s Application | BL O/078/04, [2004] EWHC 1549 (Ch) | 123.38 | |
| Ciba-Geigy AG’s Application | SHB 192, BL O/30/85 | 4A.03.2 | |
| Ciba-Geigy AG (Durr’s) Application | [1977] RPC 83 | 1.40.3 | |
| Ciba-Geigy AG’s Patent 1146173 | [1986] RPC 403 | 46.52-53 | |
| Ciba-Geigy AG’s Patent 1255258 | (Agan/Alpha’s Application) BL O/85/86 | 46.57 | |
| Ciba-Geigy AG’s Patents 1255258 and 1407587 | (Portman Agrochemicals Application) BL O/159/86 | 46.57, 46.60, 46.69 | |
| Cimetidine | see Smith, Kline and French | ||
| Cipla Ltd v Glaxo Group Ltd | [2004] RPC 43 | 3.81.2 | |
| Citizen Watch Ltd’s Patent | [1993] RPC 1 | 73.08, 73.11 | |
| Claydon V Mzuri | [2021] EWHC 1007 (IPEC) | [2.27.1](/guidance/manual-of-patent-practice-mopp/section-2-novelty/#ref2-27-1 | |
| Clear Focus Imaging Inc. v Contra Vision Ltd | Patents Court, 16th November 2001, unreported | 27.29 | |
| Clevite Corporation’s Patent | [1966] RPC 199 | 27.07 | |
| Coal Industry (Patents) Ltd’s Patent | [1994] RPC 661 | 27.08 | |
| Coal Industry (Patents) Ltd’s Application | [1986] RPC 57 | 123.06 | |
| Coal Industry’s Patent | SHB 108, BL O/11/90 | 118.13 | |
| Coco v A N Clark (Engineers) Ltd [1969] | RPC 41 | 2.38 | |
| Coflexip Stena Offshore Ltd’s Patent | [1997] RPC 179, SHB 382, BL O/67/96 | 32.08, 46.76.1 | |
| Colbourne Engineering Co Ltd’s Application | 72 RPC 169 | 48A.04, 48B.10 | |
| Colley’s Application | [1999] RPC 97 | 2.29.1 | |
| Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization’s Application | BL O/248/04 | 4A.02 | |
| Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s Application | BL O/367/11 | 1.38 | |
| Communication & Control Engineering Company Ltd’s Patent | SHB 246, BL O/82/93 | 40.05 | |
| Conor Medsystems Inc v Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc [2008] | RPC 28 | 3.87 | |
| Consultant Suppliers Ltd’s Application [1996] | RPC 348 | 14.152 | |
| Continental Manufacturing & Sales Inc’s Patent | [1994] RPC 535 | 28.10 | |
| Contra Vision Limited’s Patent | BL O/079/00 | 14.140 | |
| Convex Ltd’s Patent | [1980] RPC 423 | 28.13 | |
| CoreValve Inc v Edwards Lifesciences AG & Anor | [2009] EWHC 6 (Pat), [2009] FSR 8 | 60.24 | |
| Courtauld’s Application | [1956] RPC 208 | 67.04 | |
| Critchley v Engelmann | [1971] RPC 346 | 27.21 | |
| Cummins-Allison Corp’s Application | BL O/361/12 | 1.33.2 | |
| Curt G Joan Inc v Fameccanica Data SpA | [2017] EWHC 1251 (IPEC) | 75.12 | |
| Cyprane’s Patent 1224478 | SHB 44, BL O/108/88 | 46.50.2 | |
| Cypress Semiconductor Corporation’s Application | BL O/326/16 | 123.10.3 | |
| Daido Kogyo KK’s Patent | [1984] RPC 97 | 28.04, 28.17 | |
| Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd and others’ Patent | BL O/234/14 | 123.47.1 | |
| Datacard Corp. v Eagle Technologies Ltd | [2011] EWHC 244 (Pat), [2011] RPC 17 | 3.34.2, 76.15.4 | |
| Degussa-Huls AG v The Comptroller-General of Patents | [2005] RPC 29 | 3.48, 3.64 | |
| Dell Products LP’s Application | BL 0/321/10 | 1.09.3 | |
| Diamond Shamrock Technologies SA’s Patent | [1987] RPC 91 | 118.13 | |
| Diltiazem | see Tanabe Seiyaku | ||
| Direct TV Pty’s Application | BL O/150/11 | 1.38.5 | |
| * DLP Ltd’s Patent | [2008] RPC 11 | 14.113.1 | |
| Dow Chemical Company’s Application | SHB 136, BL O/175/83 | 14.159.1 | |
| Dow Chemical Company (Mildner’s) Patent | [1973] RPC 804 | 3.42, 3.44 | |
| Dow Corning Corporation (Bennett’s) Application | [1974] RPC 235 | 1.40.3 | |
| Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (UK) Ltd v Eli Lilly & Co Ltd | (Patents Court) [2008] EWHC 2345 (Pat), [2009] FSR 5 | 2.03.1, 3.81.2 | |
| Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (UK) Ltd v Eli Lilly & Co Ltd (Court of Appeal) | [2010] RPC 9 | 2.06-2 2.19, 3.89-3.90 | |
| DSM NV’s Patent (EP0420358) | [2001] RPC 35 | 3.14, 14.82, 76.10 | |
| DST SA’s Patent 1195871 | BL O/152/85 | 46.62, 46.66-46.66.1 | |
| Dukhovskoi and Others’ Applications | [1985] RPC 8 | 117.09 | |
| Du Pont de Nemours & Co (Witsiepe’s) Application | [1982] FSR 303 | 2.19, 2.20, 3.92 | |
| Du Pont de Nemours’ (Blades) Patent | [1988] RPC 479, 497 | 46.69.1 | |
| Dust Suppression Ltd’s Application | [1976] FSR 438 | 72.13 | |
| Dynamics Research and Manufacturing Inc’s Patent | [1980] RPC 179 | 28.03 | |
| Dyson Appliances Ltd v Hoover Ltd | [2001] RPC 26, [2002] RPC 22 | 3.07, 3.22, 3.25, 3.72, 3.97 | |
| Dyson Ltd’s Patent | [2003] RPC 24, [2003] RPC 48 | 29.03 | |
| Dyson Ltd’s Trade Mark Application | [2003] RPC 47 | 97.03 | |
| Dytap Revetments’ Patent | SHB 17, BL O/76/87 | 28.16 | |
| E’s Applications | [1983] RPC 231 | 123.08, 130.32 | |
| Eastman Kodak Co. v American Photo Booths Inc | BL O/457/02 | 4.05, 14.90 | |
| Ebrahim Shahin’s Application | BL O/149/95 | 1.40.2 | |
| Edison and Swan Electric Light Co v Holland | 6 RPC 282 | 14.68 | |
| A C Edwards v Acme Signs & Displays Ltd | [1990] RPC 621 [1992] RPC 131 | 14.151, 76.07, 76.08, 76.13.1, 76.15 | |
| Edwards Lifesciences AG v Cook Biotech Inc | [2009] EWHC 1304 (Pat); [2009] FSR 27 | 5.19-5.19.1 | |
| Eickhoff Maschinenfabrik’s Patent | SHB 10, BL O/31/87 | 75.15 | |
| Electricité de France (EDF)’s Patents | [1992] RPC 205 | 28.03 | |
| Eli Lilly’s Patent 1277137 (“cephalexin”) | SHB 10, BL O/69/87 | 46.43, 46.45, 46.75 | |
| Eli Lilly & Co. v Human Genome Sciences, Inc. [Patents Court] | [2008] EWHC 1903 (Pat), [2008] RPC 29 | 3.51.1, 4.07.2, 14.60, 14.85 | |
| Eli Lilly & Co. v Human Genome Sciences, Inc. [Court of Appeal] | [2010] EWCA Civ 33 [2010] RPC 14 | 4.07.2 | |
| Eli Lilly & Co v Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy | [2013] EWHC 1737 | 4A.29.2 | |
| El-Tawil’s Application | [2012] EWHC 185 | 4A.28, 4A.29 | |
| * Emotional perception AI Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks | [2023] EWHC 2948 (Ch) | 1.39.4 | |
| Emson V Hozelock Ltd & Others | [2019] EWHC 991 | 2.27.1 | |
| Emson V Hozelock | [2020] EWCA CIV 871 | 3.39.2, 3.79.1, 3.81.3 | |
| Emulsol Corporation’s Patent | 57 RPC 256 | 27.15 | |
| * Ensygnia v Shell | [2023] EWHC 1495 (Pat) | 76.20.1 | |
| Enviro-Spray Systems Inc’s Patents | [1986] RPC 147 | 48B.03, 50.07 | |
| EPS Research’s Patent | SHB 387, BL O/53/92 | 28.15.1 | |
| Esau’s Application | 49 RPC 85 | 14.152-14.153 | |
| European Commission v United Kingdom | [1992] 2 CMLR 709 | 50.05 | |
| European Court of Justice | [1988] FSR 312 | 46.53, 46.78.1, 48.15, 60.15 | |
| Evans Medical Ltd’s Patent | [1998] RPC 517 | 2.29, 5.23.2 | |
| Eveready Battery Company Inc.’s Patent | [2000] RPC 852 | 123.06 | |
| Extrude Hone Corp’s Patent | [1982] RPC 361 | 48.15 | |
| Fabio Perini SPA v LPC Group plc and others | [2010] EWCA Civ 525 | 14.112-113 | |
| Facebook Ireland Ltd v Voxer IP LLC | [2021] EWHC 1377 (Pat) | 125.17.8 | |
| Farmitalia Carlo Erba SpA’s Patent 1249443 | SHB 53 | 46.48 | |
| Fater’s Application | [1979] FSR 647 | 123.08 | |
| Fellerman’s Application | SHB 362, BL O/11/96 | 40.03.2 | |
| Fergusson’s Application | BL O/272/09 | 15.21 | |
| Fenbufen | see American Cyanamid | ||
| FH Brundle v Perry | [2014] EWHC 475 (IPEC) | 2.12.3, 70.04 | |
| Fichera v Flogates Ltd | [1984] RPC 257 | 44.02, 44.06-07, 44.10, 44.12 | |
| Filpin Filpost Ltd v Fairfax (Dental Equipment) Ltd | SHB 230, BL O/007/93 | 46.37.3 | |
| Firma Carl Kurt Walther’s Patent 1368 039 | SHB 108 | 46.49, 46.66, 46.66.3 | |
| Fisher Rosemount Systems’ Application | BL O/238/12 | 18.63.3 | |
| Fisher Rosemount Systems’ Application | BL O/346/19 | 1.37.3 | |
| Fisher Westmoreland’s Patent | SHB 349, BL O/151/90 | 28.16 | |
| Fletcher’s Application | BL O/235/98 | 89.06, 89.09 | |
| Flexible Direction Indicators Ltd’s Application | [1994] RPC 207 | 76.12 | |
| Florey and others’ Patent | [1962] RPC 186 | 36.04 | |
| Flour Oxidizing Co Ltd v Carr & Co Ltd | 25 RPC 428 | 2.17 | |
| Flude (H) & Co (Hinckley) Ltd’s Patent [1993] | RPC 197 | 72.25 | |
| Folding Attic Stairs Ltd v Loft Stairs Co. Ltd. [2009] | FSR 24 | 2.27.1, 14.129 | |
| Ford Motor Co Ltd (Cuskie’s) Application | [1973] RPC 573 | 46.16 | |
| Foseco International Ltd’s Patent | [1976] FSR 244 | 27.21 | |
| Francis’ Patent 1371 994 | SHB 316, BL O/154/82 | 28.13 | |
| Frazer’s Patent | [1981] RPC 53 | 28.11, 28.12 | |
| Frosst’s Patent 1253709 (“timolol”) | SHB 15, BL O/84/87 | 46.74-75 | |
| Fujitsu Limited’s Application | [1996] RPC 507, [1997] RPC 608 | 1.18.1 | |
| Fujitsu Limited’s Application | BL O/121/04 | ||
| Furuno Electric Co. Ltd’s Application | BL O/208/10 | 123.10.2 | |
| Future New Developments Ltd v B & S Patente Und Marken GmbH | [2014] EWHC 1874 (IPEC) | 130.05.2 | |
| Gale’s Application | [1991] RPC 305 | 1.18.1, 1.29.4, 1.37.1, 1.39.3 | |
| Garmin (Europe) Ltd v Koninklijke Philips N.V | 2019] EWHC 107 | 3.17 | |
| Gebhardt’s Patent | SHB 128, [1992] RPC 1 | 48B.05, 48B.17 | |
| GEC’s Application | 60 RPC 3 | 2.14 | |
| GEC Avery Service Ltd v Derwent Measurement and Control Ltd | SHB 286, BL O/62/94 | 72.14 | |
| GEC Avionics Ltd’s Patent | [1992] RPC 107 | 40.03.1, 40.04.2 | |
| Gedeon Richter v Bayer Schering | [2011] EWHC 583 (Pat) | 3.87.2 | |
| Geigy SA’s Patent | [1964] RPC 391 | 46.39, 46.45 | |
| Geigy SA’s Patent | [1966] RPC 250 | 48.19 | |
| Gemstar–TV Guide International Inc v Virgin Media Limited | [2009] EWHC 3068 (Ch), [2010] RPC 10 | 1.37, 1.40.4 | |
| Genentech Inc’s Applcation Patent | [1989] RPC 147 [1989] RPC 205 |
1.21, 1.27, 3.09, 3.27, 14.152, 27.11, 91.02 | |
| Genentech Inc’s Patent | BL O/360/14 | 29.03 | |
| Genentech Inc v The Comptroller General of Patents (Hearing) (Court of Appeal) |
O/111/20 [2020] EWCA Civ 475 |
117.06.1 | |
| General Electric Co Ltd’s Application | [1961] RPC 24 | 14.152 | |
| General Motors Corporation (Longhouse’s) Application | [1981] RPC 41 | 14.200 | |
| General Motors (Tunney & Barr’s) Application | [1976] RPC 659 | 72.24 | |
| General Tire and Rubber Company v Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company Limited | [1972] RPC 457 | 2.03, 2.07.1, 3.20, 3.32 | |
| Generics (UK) v Smith Kline & French | [1993] 1 CMLR 89 | 46.54 | |
| Generics (UK) Limited and others v H Lundbeck A/S | [2007] EWHC 1040, [2007] RPC 32 | 3.81.2 | |
| Generics (UK) Limited and others v H Lundbeck A/S | [2009] UKHL 12, [2009] RPC 13 | 2.08.3, 3.34.1, 14.67.1, 14.80.1 | |
| Generics (UK) Ltd (t/a Mylan) v Warner-Lambert Company LLC (Patents Court) (Court of Appeal) |
[2015] EWHC 2548 [2016] EWCA Civ 1006 |
3.30.3, 4A.27.1, 4A.31, 60.16.1, 60.19.2 | |
| Generics [UK] LTD (t/a Mylan) v Yeda Research and Development co. LTD & Anor | [2013] EWCA Civ 925 | 3.89, 3.91.1 | |
| Generics (U.K.) Limited and others v Yeda Research and Development Company Limited and others | [2017] EWHC 2629 (Pat) | 2.03, 125.17.7 | |
| Georgia Pacific Corp’s Application | [1984] RPC 467 | 8.21.2 | |
| Gerber Garment Technology Inc’s Patent | SHB 398, BL O/99/96 | 46.47 | |
| J Gibbons Ltd’s Application | [1957] RPC 158 | 27.28 | |
| Gist-Brocades | see Allen and Hanburys | ||
| Glatt’s Application | [1983] RPC 122 | 14.149, 14.151, 76.19, 125.04 | |
| Glaverbel SA v British Coal Corporation and anr | [1995] RPC 255 | 2.03.1, 14.113 | |
| Glaxo Group Ltd v Genentech Inc | [2008] EWCA Civ 23, [2008] FSR 18 | 71.02 | |
| Glaxo Group’s Patent | [2004] RPC 43 | 3.91, 3.96, 3.98 | |
| Goddin and Rennie’s Application | [1996] RPC 141 | 8.08.2 | |
| Grace’s Patent 1307054 | SHB 109 | 46.66.4 | |
| Gram’s Patent | BL O/412/99 | 28.12 | |
| Green’s Application | BL O/087/09 | 20A.14.1 | |
| Grimme v Scott | [2010] EWCA Civ 1110 | 60.19 | |
| Guardall Ltd’s Patent | SHB 394, BL O/91/96 | 27.08 | |
| Haberman v Jackel | [1999] FSR 685 | 3.75, 3.81 | |
| Halcon SD Group Inc’s Patent | BL O/94/85 | 28.11 | |
| Halcon SD Group Inc’s Patents | [1989] RPC 1 | 48.20 | |
| Hallen Co v Brabantia (UK) | [1990] FSR 134, [1991] RPC 195 | 62.09, 3.07, 3.24, 3.72, 3.95 | |
| Halliburton Energy Services Inc v Smith International (North Sea) Ltd | [2006] RPC 2, [2005] EWHC 1623 | 1.31.2, 2.29, 3.27, 14.65, 14.67.1, 14.70, 14.87, 14.93.1, 14.117.1, 60.16 | |
| Halliburton Energy Services Inc v Smith International (North Sea) Ltd | [2006] EWCA Civ 1715 | 14.70 | |
| Halliburton Energy Services Inc’s Applications | [2011] EWHC 2508 (Pat), [2012] RPC 129 | 1.16, 1.29.1, 1.31-1.31.3, 1.34, 1.35 | |
| Halpern & Ward’s Patent | BL C/14/93 | 28.15.1 | |
| Harding’s Patent | SHB 134, BL O/94/90 | 75.15 | |
| Harris’ Patent | [1985] RPC 19 | 39.09, 10 | |
| Hartington Conway Ltd’s Patent Applications | [2004] RPC 6, [2004] RPC 7 | 30.08, 130.22.1, 61.01, 97.03 | |
| Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Engineering Ltd v Real Time Developments Ltd | [1983] RPC 395 | 61.07, 71.10 | |
| Heatex Group Ltd’s Application | [1995] RPC 546 | 5.26.4, 5.26.5, 20A.13, 20A.14, 28.09, 28.09.1, 123.37 | |
| Henry Brothers (Magherafelt) Ltd. v The Ministry of Defence and the Northern Ireland Office | [1999] RPC 442, [1997] RPC 693 | 7.12, 7.12.2, 8.06, 36.06, 72.03.1 | |
| Hewlett-Packard’s Application | BL O/319/11 | 1.38.1 | |
| Hewlett-Packard Development Company’s Application | BL O/441/12 | 1.33.2 | |
| Hickman v Andrews | [1983] RPC 147 | 2.13, 3.80 | |
| Hickton’s Patent Syndicate v Patents & Machine Improvements Co Ltd | 26 RPC 339 | 1.27 | |
| Hilti’s Patent 1217908 (Bauco (UK)’s Application) | BL O/170/86 | 46.63 | |
| Hilti’s Patent 1217908 (Structural Fastenings Group Ltd’s Application) | [1988] RPC 51 | 46.50, 46.58, 46.60 61, 46.67 | |
| H.Lundbeck A/S v Norpharma SpA | [2011] EWHC 907 (Pat), [2011] RPC 23 | 2.07, 68.06, 68.07 | |
| Hoechst Celanese Corp v BP Chemicals | [1999] FSR 319 | 125.05 | |
| Hoerrmann’s Application | [1996] RPC 341 | 14.152 | |
| Ho and Wang’s Patent | SHB 30, BL O/152/87 | 28.12 | |
| Hoffmann-La Roche’s Patent | [1969] RPC 504 | 46.55.2 | |
| Hollister Inc’s Application | [1983] RPC 10 | 17.106 | |
| Holywell Mining Group Ltd’s Patent | 1297787 SHB 34, BL O/47/88 | 46.49, 46.58, 46.60, 46.64 | |
| Hospira UK Generics (UK) Ltd (t/a Mylan) v Novartis AG | [2013] EWCA Civ 1663 | 5.23.1 | |
| Hospira UK Ltd v Genentech Inc | [2014] EWHC 1094 | 4A.29.3, 4A.30.1, 4A.31, 5.23.2 | |
| HSBC France’s Application | BL O/180/09 | 18.09.4 | |
| Hsuing’s Patent | [1992] RPC 497 | 27.07, 27.08 | |
| HTC Europe Co Ltd v Apple Inc | [2013] EWCA Civ 451 | 1.09.2, 1.09.3, 1.18.1, 1.36.2, 1.36.3, 1.37, 1.37.2, 1.39.2 | |
| Hughes v Paxman | [2006] EWCA Civ 818; [2007] RPC 2, BL O/217/08 | 36.07 | |
| Human Genome Sciences v Eli Lilly | [2011] UKSC 51, [2012] RPC 6 | 0.09, 1.09, 4.07.2 | C |
| IBM Corporation’s Application | [1970] RPC 542 | 14.72 | |
| IBM Corporation (Barclay and Bigar’s) Application | [1983] RPC 283 | 18.94, 18.96 | |
| Icescape Ltd v Ice-World International BV & Ors [2018] | EWCA Civ 2219 | 125.17.6 |
| ICI Ltd’s Application | SHB 5, BL O/73/82 | 4A.05 |
| ICI Ltd (Richardson’s) Application | [1981] FSR 609 | 4A.14, 14.126 |
| ICI Plc v Ram Bathrooms Plc and Rohm GmbH | [1994] FSR 181 | 75.05 |
| ICI’s Patent 1285038 (“atenolol”) (Harris Pharmaceuticals ‘Application) | BL O/59/86, BL O/82/86 | 46.25, 46.47.1 |
| ICI’s Patent 1285038 (“atenolol”)(Thomas Kerfoot’s Application) | SHB 16,BL O/91/87 | 46.19 |
| IG Farbenindustrie AG’s Patents | 47 RPC 289 | 2.14, 3.90 |
| IGT’s applications | [2007] EWHC 1341 (Ch) | 1.32 |
| IGT/Acres Gaming Inc.’s Application | [2008] EWHC 568 | 1.20,14.129.1 |
| Improver Corp v Remington Consumer Products Ltd | [1990] FSR 181 | 125.18 |
| Innovation Sciences Pty Ltd’s Application | BL O/315/12 | 1.29.3 |
| Intel Corporation’s Patent | [2002] RPC 48 | 27.27.1 |
| Intera Corporation’s Application | [1986] RPC 459 | 16.02 |
| Interfilta (UK) Ltd’s Patent | [2003] RPC 22 | 101.06 |
| FIntermec Inc’s Application | BL O/769/18 | 15.07, 117.09.1 |
| International Barrier Corporation’s Application 8211557 | SHB 61 | 15.21 |
| International Playtex Corporation’s Application | [1969] RPC 362 | 76.18 |
| Intuit Inc’s Application | BL O/347/10 | 1.38.2 |
| Inventa AG’s Application | [1956] RPC 45 | 3.94 |
| IPcom GmbH & Co Kg v HTC Europe Co Ltd & Ors | [2013] EWCA Civ 1496 | 61.07, 71.02 |
| IPCom GmbH v Vodafone | [2020] EWHC 132 (Pat) [2021] EWCA Civ 205 |
55.04, 55.05.1, 56.03 55.05.1 |
| Irwin Industrial Tool Company’s Application | BL O/247/09 | 15.46 |
| ITS Rubber Ltd’s Application | [1979] RPC 318 | 1.30.1 |
| ITT Industries Inc’s Application | [1984] RPC 23 | 18.86.3, 25.03, 123.39 |
| Jade (The) | [1976] 1 All ER 920 | 130.31-32 |
| Jamesigns (Leeds) Ltd’s Application | [1983] RPC 68 | 3.38 |
| James Gibbons Ltd’s Application | [1957] RPC 158 | 27.28 |
| Jansen Betonwaren B.V. v Ian Robbie Christie | BL O/496/15 | 14.125.1 |
| Jarden Consumer Solutions (Europe) Ltd v SEB SA & Anor | [2014] EWCA Civ 1629 | 14.135 |
| Jaskowski’s Application | [1981] RPC 197 | 18.55, 18.57 |
| JDA Software Group Inc’s Application | BL O/386/12 | 1.38.4 |
| John Lahiri Khan’s Application | BL O/356/06 | 1.33.2, 4.03 |
| Johns-Manville Corporation’s Patent | [1967] RPC 479 | 3.83 |
| Johnson Matthey PLC v Sumitomo Special Metals Co Ltd | BL O/168/92, BL O/145/94 | 71.02, 71.04.1 |
| Joos v Commissioner of Patents | [1973] RPC 59 | 4A.04 |
| Jushi Group Co. Ltd v OCV Intellectual Capital LLC | [2018] EWCA Civ 1416 | 2.06.2 |
| Kalman and another v PCL Packaging (UK) Ltd and another | [1982] FSR 406 | 60.19.1 |
| Kamborian’s Patent | [1961] RPC 403 | 48A.07, 48B.04, 48B.15 |
| Kapur v Comptroller-General of Patents | [2008] EWHC 649 (Pat) | 1.15 |
| Kavanagh Balloons Pty Ltd v Cameron Balloons Ltd | [2004] RPC 5 | 2.29.1, 18.09.4 |
| KCI Licensing Inc & Ors v Smith & Nephew Plc & Ors [Patents Court] [Court of Appeal] | [2010] EWHC 1487, [2010] EWCA Civ 1260 | 3.33.2, 60.19, |
| Kelly & Anor v GE Healthcare Ltd | [2009] EWHC 181(Pat), [2009] RPC 12 | 40.04, 40.04.3, 41.05 |
| ketoprofen | see Rhone-Poulenc | |
| Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc’s Patent | BL O/279/04 | 18.97 |
| Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc v Procter & Gamble Ltd | [2000] RPC 422 | 75.04, 27.07 |
| Kirin-Amgen Inc v Roche Diagnostics GmbH (Patents Court), | [2002] RPC 1, | 2.03.1, 14.66, 14.112 |
| Kirin-Amgen Inc v Transkaryotic Therapies Inc (Ct of Appeal), | [2003] RPC 3, | 14.84, 62.13, 72.03, |
| Kirin-Amgen Inc v Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd (House of Lords) | [2005] RPC 9 | 1.27.1, 2.15, 3.34.1, 14.67.1, 14.76, 14.84, 14.86, 14.103, 14.112, 14.121-122 |
| Kiwi Coders Corporation’s Application | [1986] RPC 106 | 15.21 |
| Klein Schanzlin & Becker AG’s Application | [1985] RPC 241 | 5.08, 117.01 |
| Klinische Versuche (Clinical Trials) I | [1997] RPC 623 | 60.24 |
| Klinische Versuche (Clinical Trials) II | [1998] RPC 423 | 60.24 |
| Knauf Insulation’s Application | BL O/098/13 | 15.21 |
| Kokusai Denshin Denwa’s Application | SHB 66, BL O/009/83 | 15.21 |
| Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v Nintendo of Europe GmbH | [2014] EWHC 1959 (Pat) | 76.15.0 |
| labetalol | see Allen and Hanburys | |
| L’Air Liquide Societe’s Application | 49 RPC 428 | 2.12 |
| L’Oréal Ltd v RN Ventures Ltd | [2018] EWHC 173 (Pat) | 75.12 125.26 |
| Lalvani et al’s Patent | BLO/220/13 | 3.13.1 |
| Lancer Boss v Henley Forklift | [1975] RPC 307 | 62.03 |
| Lantana v Comptroller-General of Patents | [2013] EWHC 2673 (Pat) | 1.12, 1.38.1, 1.38.5 |
| Lantana v Comptroller-General of Patents | [2014] EWCA Civ 1463 | 1.17.2, 1.21, 1.21.2, 1.38.5 |
| La Soudure Electrique Autogene SA’s Application | 56 RPC 218 | 5.05 |
| Latchworth Ltd’s Patent | SHB 471, BL O/112/96 | 28.16 |
| Lee Pharmaceutical’s Applications | [1978] RPC 51 | 4A.05 |
| Lenovo (Singapore) PTE Ltd v Comptroller General of Patents | [2020] EWHC 1706 (Pat) | 1.09.4, 1.20.3, 1.21. 1.34.1, 1.38.1 |
| Leonard’s Application | [1966] RPC 269 | 14.138 |
| Lermer Gmbh’s Patent | SHB 462, BL O/14/96 | 28.15 |
| Les Laboratoires Servier & Anor v Apotex Inc & Ors (Rev 1) | [2014] UKSC 55 | 61.04.3 |
| Letraset Ltd v Rexel Ltd | [1974] RPC 175 | 5.24 |
| Lever Bros’ Patent [1955] | RPC 198 | 27.21 |
| Lichtenstein’s Patent 1434 786 | SHB 320, BL O/152/83, BL O/34/84 | 28.12 |
| LIFFE Administration and Management v Pavel Pinkava | [2007] RPC 30 | 39.09-11 |
| LIFFE Administration and Management v Pavel Pinkava and De Novo Markets Limited | [2006] EWHC 595 (Pat) | 39.10 |
| Ling’s Patent and Wilson’s and Pearce’s Patent | [1981] RPC 85 | 28.11, 28.13 |
| Linkrose Ltd’s Patent | SHB 344, BL O/117/90 | 28.14 |
| Liversidge v British Telecommunications plc | [1991] RPC 229 | 72.03 |
| Loadhog Ltd. v Polymer Logistics BV | BL O/195/10 | 2.27.1 |
| Loewe Radio Co Ltd’s Applications | 46 RPC 479 | 48A.04, 48B.10 |
| Lowndes’ Application | SHB 400, BL O/19/93 | 76.04.1 |
| Lowndes’ Patent | 45 RPC 48 | 2.09 |
| Lucas (Batteries) Ltd v Gaedor Ltd | [1978] RPC 297 | 2.27.1 |
| Lubrizol Corpn v Esso Petroleum | [1993] FSR 64 | 280.04 |
| Lubrizol Corporation v Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd. | [1997] RPC 195, [1998] RPC 727 | 14.113, 64.04 |
| Luk Lamellan und Kupplungsbau GmbH’s Application | [1997] RPC 104 | 15.21, 15.46 |
| Luthy’s Patent 1550 385 | SHB 325 | 28.12 |
| Lux Traffic Controls Ltd v Pike Signals Ltd and Faronwise Ltd | [1993] RPC 107 | 1.17, 2.27 |
| * Luxim Corp v Ceravision Ltd | [2007] EWHC 1624 (Ch) [2007] RPC 33 |
8.30 |
| M’s Application | [1985] RPC 249 | 123.09, 123-10 |
| Maag Gear Wheel and Machine Co Ltd’s Patent | [1985] RPC 572 | 18.96, 18.97 |
| Mabuchi Motor KK’s Patents | [1996] RPC 387 | 75.05 |
| MacMullen’s Application | BL O/307/03 | 123.37 |
| Macrossan’s Patent Application | [2006] EWHC 705 (Ch) | 1.15.1, 1.33, 18.09.1, 18.09.2 |
| Magill’s International Application | BL O/256/00 | 12.04 |
| Magnesium Elektron Ltd v Molycorp Chemicals & Oxides (Europe) Ltd & Anor | [2015] EWHC 3596 | 100.04.1 |
| Mallory Metallurgical Products Ltd v Black Sivalls & Bryson Inc | [1977] RPC 321 | 71.04 |
| Marbourn’s Patent | BL O/376/99 | 28.11 |
| Marconi v British Radio Telegraph and Telephone Co Ltd | (1911) 28 RPC 181 | 60.09 |
| Markem Corp v Zipher Ltd | [2005] RPC 31 | 7.12.1, 8.09, 74.03.2 |
| Marley (UK) Ltd’s Patent | [1994] RPC 231 | 18.96 |
| Marshall’s Application | [1969] RPC 83 | 72.08 |
| Masterman’s Design | [1991] RPC 89 | 1.41 |
| Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v Comptroller General of Patents | [2008] EWHC 2071 (Pat) | 5.26.6, 20A.15, 28.09.2 |
| Mayne Pharma v Debiopharm and Sanofi- Synthélabo | [2006] EWHC 1123 (Pat) | 14.75 |
| Maxluck Biotechnology’s Application | BL O/130/10 | 3.33.1 |
| McDonald’s Application | SHB 465, [BL O/71/96] | 18.56 |
| Mead’s Patent | [1980] RPC 146 | 28.14 |
| Medimmune Ltd v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd, Medical Research Council | [2011] EWHC 1669 (Pat) | 14.61 |
| Melia’s Application | BL O/153/92 | 1.33.2, 4.03 |
| Melkris Ltd v Denman | BL O/369/01 | 71.04.1 |
| Memco-Med Ltd’s Patent | [1992] RPC 403 | 40.04.1, 40.04.2, 40.05 |
| Memcor Australia Pty Ltd v Norit Membraan Technologie BV | [2003] FSR 43 | 2.29.1 |
| Menashe Business Mercantile Ltd v William Hill Organization Ltd | [2003] RPC 31 | 60.19.1 |
| Mentor Corporation v Hollister Inc | [1993] RPC 7 | 14.64, 14.69, 14.71, 14.87 |
| Merck & Co Inc’s Patent | [2004] FSR 16 | 76.15.6, 97.03 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp v Teva UK Ltd | [2011] EWCA Civ 382 | 3.39.1 |
| Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals v N H Norton | [1996] RPC 76 | 0.09, 1.09, 1.10.1, 2.04.2, 2.29, 130.31 |
| Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals v N H Norton | BL C/89/96 | 76.04.1, 76.14, 76.25 |
| Merrill Lynch’s Application | [1989] RPC 561 | 1.15.1, 1.18.1, 1.22, 1.23, 1.34 |
| Metabiotech’s Application | BL O/0359/23 | 20.02 |
| metoprolol | see AB Hassle | |
| Meunier’s International Application | BL O/013/01 | 89A.05, 123.37 |
| Microsonics Corporation’s Applications | [1984] RPC 29 | 2.25 |
| Milliken Denmark AS v WalkOff Mats Ltd and anr | [1996] FSR 292 | 2.27 |
| Mills’ Application | [1985] RPC 339 | 123.10 |
| Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food’s Patent | SHB 68, BL O/11/92 | 27.08, 27.31 |
| Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co v Birtles, Lovatt and Evode Ltd | BL O/237/00 | 7.12.2 |
| Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co and anr v Plastus Kreative AB and anr | BL C/64/95, [1997] RPC 737 | 14.115 |
| Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co v Rennicks (UK) Ltd | [1992] RPC 331 | 3.79 |
| Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.’s | [1999] RPC 135 | 14.80, 14.115 |
| (Suspension Aerosol Formulation) Patent | 71.04 | |
| Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co’s Application | [1984] RPC 471 | 15.08 |
| MMD Design & Consultancy Ltd’s Patent | [1989] RPC 131 | 71.04.1, 71.07 |
| Molnlycke AB v Procter & Gamble Ltd | [1994] RPC 49 | 3.06, 3.34, 14.67.1, 33.06, 62.10 |
| Monkey Tower Ltd v Ability International Ltd | [2013] EWHC 18 (Pat) | 72.43 |
| Monsanto Co v Stauffer Chemical Co and another | [1985] RPC 515 | 60.24, 60.31 |
| Monsanto (Brignac’s) Application | [1971] RPC 153 | 2.24 |
| Monsanto’s CCP Patent | [1990] FSR 93 | 48.09, 48.15, 48A.05, 48B.11 |
| Monsanto’s Patent 1366379 | SHB 21, BL O/116/87 | 46.18 |
| Monsanto Technology LLC v Cefetra BV et al | ECJ Case C-428/08 | 60.06, 76A.08-08.1 |
| Montgomerie Reid’s Application | SHB 100, BL O/145/83 | 48.18, 52.03 |
| Morton-Norwich Products Inc and others v Intercen Ltd | [1981] FSR 337 | 67.05 |
| M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd v Trek Technology (Singapore) Pte Ltd | BL O/318/06 | 130.26, 14.127 |
| Munchkin’s Application | BL O/623/17 | 20.02 |
| Mutoh Industry Ltd’s Application | [1984] RPC 35 | 3.28.2 |
| MWUK Ltd v Fashion at Work Ltd | BL O/531/16 | 27.09.1 |
| Nakumura’s Patent 1513 967 | SHB 324, BL O/121/84 | 28.13 |
| Napp Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd v Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (UK) Ltd | [2016] EWCA Civ 1053 | 14.117.4 |
| naproxen | see Syntex | |
| National Starch and Chemical Investment Corp’s Application | SHB 463A, BL O/34/96 | 18.07.2 |
| NEC Corporation’s Application | BL O/038/00 | 3.45 |
| Neo-Inhalation Products Limited’s Application | BLO/154/13 | 118.13 |
| Nestec SA & Ors v Dualit Ltd & Ors | [2013] EWHC 923 (Pat) | 5.25.2, 15.22, 60.12.3 |
| Neurim Pharmaceuticals (1991) Ltd v Generics (UK) Ltd [2022] | EWCA Civ 359 | 67.04 |
| nifedipine | see Bayer | |
| Nikken Kosakusho Works v Pioneer Trading Co. | [2005] FSR 15, [2006] FSR 4 | 14.115, 14.129, 72.43, 75.21.2 |
| Nippon Piston Ring Co Ltd’s Application | [1987] RPC 120 | 13.09 |
| No-Fume Ltd v Frank Pitchford Co Ltd | 52 RPC 231 | 14.73, 14.120 |
| Nokia Mobile Phones (UK) Ltd | [1996] RPC 733 | 18.88 |
| Nokia v Ipcom (Patents Court) (Court of Appeal) | [2009] EWHC 3482, [2011] EWCA Civ 6 | 3.30.1, 14.79, 3.30.1 |
| Nokia Corporation v IPCOM GMBH & Co KG (No. 3) | [2013] RPC 5 | 76.15.5, 76.18.1 |
| Nokia v Oppo | [2023] EHWC 23 (Pat) | 1.20.2 |
| Norton Healthcare Ltd v Beecham Group Plc | BL C/62/95 | 2.06 |
| Norsk Hydro AS’s Patent | [1997] RPC 89 | 27.26 |
| Novartis AG v Generics (UK) Ltd (trading as Mylan) | [2012] EWCA Civ 1623 | 3.87.2 |
| Novartis AG v Johnson & Johnson | [2009] EWCH (Pat) 1671 | 14.81 5.25.1 |
| Novartis AG v Johnson & Johnson | [2010] EWCA Civ 1039 | 14.81 5.25.1 |
| Noxell Ltd’s Application | SHB 391, BL O/137/92 | 76.13 |
| NRDC’s Application | [1961] RPC 134 | 4.02 |
| Nutrinova Nutrition v Scanchem UK (No.2) | [2001] FSR 43 | 62.12 |
| NV de Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij’s Application | 57 RPC 65 | 14.154 |
| Occidental Petroleum Corporation’s Application | SHB 145, BL O/35/84 | 4A.09 |
| Occlutech GMBH and anr v AGA Medical Corp. and anr | [2010] EWCA Civ 702 | 14.112 |
| Official Ruling 1914 (A) | 31 RPC Appendix i | 14.100 |
| Ogawa Chemical Industries Ltd’s Applications | [1986] RPC 63 | 18.86 |
| Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation v Biorex Laboratories Ltd | [1970] RPC 157 | 3.88 |
| Oliver Brüstle v Greenpeace eV | C-34/10 | 76A.02 |
| Omron Tateisi Electronics Co’s Application | [1981] RPC 125 | 97.04, 123.44 |
| Omnipharm Limited v Merial | [2011 EWHC 3393 (Pat) | 3.87.1 |
| Optical Coating Laboratory Inc and anr v Pilkington P. E. and anr | [1995] RPC 145 | 3.80 |
| Optinose’s Application | BL O/144/12 | 20-02 |
| Oral Health Products Inc (Halstead’s) Application | [1977] RPC 612 | 4A.05 |
| Organon Teknika Ltd v F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG | [1996] FSR 383 | 74.03, 74.03.1 |
| Osterman’s Patent | [1985] RPC 579 | 75.05 |
| Owens-Corning Fibreglas Corporation’s Patent | [1972] RPC 684 | 72.14 |
| Oxford Instruments’ Ltd’s Application | SHB 248, BL O/68/93 | 82.04.1 |
| Oystertec Plc’s Patent | [2003] RPC 29 | 72.04 |
| P’s Application | [1983] RPC 269 | 15.18 |
| Paez’s Application | BL O/176/83 | 4.05 |
| Page v Brent Toy Products Ltd | (1950) 67 RPC 4 | 62.11 |
| Palmaz’s European Patents (UK) | [1999] RPC 47, [2000] RPC 631 | 76.14, 76.15.3, 125.04 |
| Parr’s Patent | SHB 282, BL O/46/94 | 37.19.1 |
| Patchett’s Patent | [1963] RPC 90, [1967] RPC 237 | 36.05, 46.35.1, 46.49 |
| Paulus’s Patent | SHB 448, BL O/73/95 | 28.14 |
| Payne’s Application | [1985] RPC 193 | 13.14, 15.56, 19.02, 117.19, 117.22 |
| PCME Ltd v Goyen Controls Co UK Ltd | [1999] FSR 801 | 2.28 |
| Peabody International’s Application | [1986] RPC 521 | 16.02 |
| Peckitt’s Application | [1999] RPC 337 | 72.19 123.18 |
| Pelling and Campbell’s Application | SHB 27, 32, 64, BL O/134/87 | 10.07 |
| Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp’s Patent | [1973] RPC 233 | 48B.12 |
| Penn’s Patent | 1357 961 SHB 112 | 46.58.1, 46.63, 46.71-72 |
| Penwalt Corporation’s Application | SHB 42, BL O/72/82 | 15.21 |
| Pepper v Hart | [1992] 3 WLR 1032 | 130.33 |
| Peter Crowley v United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office | [2014] unreported | 4.05 |
| Petra Fischer’s Application | [1997] RPC 899 | 3.08 |
| Pfizer Corp v Ministry of Health | 1965] RPC 261 | 55.04 |
| Pfizer Inc’s Patent 1257180 (“piroxicam”) | SHB 11, BL O/78/87 | 46.47.2, 46.63 |
| Pfizer Ltd’s Patent | [2001] FSR 16 | 3.21, 3.37.1, 3.40, 4A.31 |
| Pharmacia Corp. v Merck & Co. Inc. | [2002] RPC 41 | 5.23 |
| Philips (Bosgra’s) Application | [1974] RPC 241 | 3.77 |
| Philips Electronic and Associated Industries’ Patent | [1987] RPC 244 | 27.11 |
| * Philip Morris Products SA & Anor v Nicoventures Trading Ltd & Anor | [2023] EWHC 2616 (Pat) | 76.15.5 |
| Pilat’s International Application | [2003] RPC 13 | 123.37 | |||
| Pioneer Electronics Capital Inc and anr v Warner Music Manufacturing Europe GmbH and anr | [1995] RPC 487 | 60.16 | |||
| piroxicam | see Pfizer | ||||
| Plastus Kreativ AB v Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co | [1995] RPC 438 | 71.07 | |||
| PLG Research v Ardon International Ltd | [1993] FSR 197 | 2.29, 3.80 | |||
| PLG Research Ltd and anr v Ardon International Ltd and others | [1995] RPC 287 | 3.23 | |||
| Pottier’s Application | [1967] RPC 170 | 14.153 | |||
| Pozzoli SPA v BDMO SA | [2007] EWCA Civ 588 [2007] All ER (D) 275 (JUN) | 3.12, 3.13, 3.97 | |||
| Prendergast’s Applications | [2000] RPC 446 | 3.87, 4A.29, 14.152 | |||
| Price v Elf Print Media Ltd | Patents Court,1 February 2001, unreported [2001] EWCA Civ 622 | 40.03.2 | |||
| Pritchard’s Patent | SHB 469, BL O/104/96 | 28.15 | |||
| Proctor & Gamble Co’s Patent | 1254465 SHB 39, BL O/88/88 | 46.48 | |||
| Prosyscor Ltd v Netsweeper Inc & Ors | [2019] EWHC 1302 (IPEC) |
39.07 | |||
| Protecting Kids the World Over (PKTWO) LTD’s Patent application | [2012] RPC 13 | 1.39.1 | |||
| Protoned BV’s Application | [1983] FSR 110 | 76.13.1 | |||
| PyMah Corporation’s Patent SHB | 336, BL O/68/95 | 46.60 | |||
| Q Software Global Ltd’s Application | BL O/120/11 | 1.38.4 | |||
| Qualcomm Inc v Nokia Corp | [2008] EWHC 329 (Pat) | 2.12.2 | |||
| Quantel’s Patents | SHB 149, BL O/128/90 | 48B.04, 48B.12 | |||
| Quantel v Spaceward Microsystems | [1990] RPC 83 | 2.28 | |||
| R. v Comptroller-General of Patents, ex parte Archibald Kenrick & Sons Ltd | [1994] RPC 635 | 97.04.1 | |||
| R. v Comptroller-General of Patents, ex parte Ash & Lacey Building Products Ltd | [2002] RPC 46 | 72.26, 72.27 | |||
| R. v Comptroller-General of Patents, ex parte Bayer AG | BL C/56/85 | 46.22 | |||
| R. v Comptroller-General of Patents, ex parte Celltech Ltd | [1991] RPC 475 | 97.04.1, 117.07 | |||
| R. v Comptroller-General of Patents, ex parte Drazil | [1992] RPC 479 | 97.04.1, 117.07 | |||
| R. v Comptroller-General of Patents, ex parte Penife International Ltd | [2004] RPC 37 | 14.48, 97.04.1 | |||
| R. (on the application of Rjm) (Fc) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Appellate | [2008] UKHL 63 | 0.10 | |||
| Raleigh Cycle Co Ltd and Anr v Miller and Co Ltd | 65 RPC 141 | 14.125.1, 14.146 | |||
| Ranger Services Application BL | O/362/09 | 18.09.5 | |||
| Ratiopharm GmbH v Napp Pharmaceutical Holdings | [2009] RPC 11 | 3.33.1 | |||
| Raychem Corp.’s Patents | [1999] RPC 497, [1998] RPC 31 | 3.30, 3.30, 3.93 | |||
| Raychem Ltd’s Application | [1986] RPC 547 | 14.151, 76.17 | |||
| Raytheon Company v Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks | [2007] EWHC 1230 (Pat) | 1.16 | |||
| Really Virtual Co Ltd v UK Intellectual Property Office | [2013] RPC 3 | 1.37.2 | |||
| Rediffusion Simulation v Link-Miles | [1993] FSR 369 | 27.08 | |||
| Reed v Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd | BL C/74/96 | 27.05.2, 73.10 | |||
| Regen Lab SA v Estar Medical Ltd & Ors | [2019] EWHC 63 (Pat) | 2.14 | |||
| REEF Trade Mark | [2003] RPC 5 | 97.03 | |||
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc v Genentech Inc (Patents Court) | [2012]EWHC 657 (Pat) | 14.77, 14.84, 4A.29.5, 4A.30 | |||
| Regeneron pharmaceuticals Inc, Bayer Pharma AG v Genentec Inc (Court of Appeal) | [2013] EWCA Civ 93 | 14.84, 4A.29.3, 4A.29.5, 4A.30 | |||
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc v Kymab Ltd | [2020] UKSC 27 | 14.82.1, 14.84 | |||
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals v Kymab Ltd | [2018] EWCA Civ 671 | 14.66.1 | |||
| Re K (Infants) | [1963] Ch 381 | 118.13 | |||
| Reiss Engineering Co Ltd v G J Harris | [1987] RPC 171 | 275.02 | |||
| Reiss Engineering’s Patents | SHB 2, BL O/180/86 | 28.16 | |||
| Research Corp’s (Carboplatin) Patent | [1990] RPC 663 | 46.41-42, 46.45, 46.48, 46.53, 46.55 | |||
| Research In Motion UK Ltd. v Inpro Licensing SARL | [2006] EWHC 70 (Pat) | 1.12 | |||
| Rhône-Poulenc’s Patent 1164585 (“ketoprofen”) | BL O/46/85, [1989] RPC 561 | 46.73, 46.76.1 | |||
| Rhône-Poulenc Santé’s European Patent (UK) | [1996] RPC 125 | 80.03 | |||
| Richardson-Vicks Inc.’s Patent | [1995] RPC 568 | 3.91, 76.06 | |||
| Richco Plastic Co’s Patent | [1989] RPC 722 | 48.15 | |||
| Rigcool Ltd v Optima Solutions UK Ltd | BL O/149/11 | 37.20.1, 123.10.1 | |||
| Rigcool Ltd v Optima Solutions UK Ltd | BL O/182/11 | 123.10.1 | |||
| Robinson’s Application | BL O/336/08 | 4.05.2, 14.90 | |||
| Rock Shing Industrial Ltd v Brau AG | SHB 309, BL O/138/94 | 19.04 | |||
| Rodi and Wienenberger AG v Henry Showell Ltd | [1966] RPC 441, [1969] RPC 367 | 14.135, 60.09 | |||
| Rohde and Schwarz’s Application | [1980] RPC 155 | 17.94.4, 17.94.10, 17.96.1 | |||
| Ronson Products Ltd v A Lewis & Co (Westminster) Ltd | [1963] RPC 103 | 62.10 | |||
| Rotocrop International v Genbourne | [1982] FSR 241 | 27.11 | |||
| Roussel-Uclaf (Clemence & le Martret’s) Patent | [1987] RPC 109 [1989] RPC 405 | 46.15-16, 46.21 | |||
| Roussel-Uclaf (Joly and Warmant’s) Patent | [1971] RPC 304 | 72.16 | |||
| Rovi Solutions Corporation & Anor v Virgin Media Ltd & Ors | [2014] EWHC 1559 (Pat) | 2.12.1 | |||
| Saab Seaeye v Atlas Elektronik | [2017] EWCA Civ 2175 | 125.14 | |||
| SABAF SpA v Meneghetti SpA (Court of Appeal), SABAF SpA v MFI Furniture Centres Ltd (House of Lords) | [2003] RPC 14, [2005] RPC 10 | 60.15, 3.17 | |||
| salbutamol | see Allen and Hanburys | ||||
| Samuel’s Patent 1594996 | SHB 322 | 28.13 | |||
| Sandvik Intellectual Property AB v Kennametal UK Ltd | [2011] EWHC 3311 (Pat) | 14.76 | |||
| Saint-Gobain PAM SA v Fusion Provida Ltd and Electrosteel Castings Ltd | [2005] EWCA Civ 177, [2005] IP & T 880 | 3.86 | |||
| Sanders Associates’ Patent | SHB 104, BL O/89/81 | 27.24 | |||
| Sandoz Ltd (Frei’s Application) | [1976] RPC 449 | 3.23 | |||
| Sandoz Ltd v Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd [2022] | EWHC 822 (Pat) | 4A.29.4.1 | |||
| Schenck Rotec GmbH v Universal Balancing Limited | [2012] EWHC 1920 | 2.13.3.1 | |||
| Schering Agrochemicals Ltd’s Patent 1271659 | SHB 47, BL O/115/88 | 46.51 | |||
| Schering AG’s Application | [1971] RPC 337 | 4A.02 | |||
| Schering AG’s Application | [1985] RPC 545 | 4A.20, 130.34 | |||
| Schering AG’s Patent | [1986] RPC 30 | 118.13 | |||
| Schering AG’s Patent 1193998 (ABM Chemicals Ltd’s Application) | BL O/133/87 | 46.26, 46.51, 46.60, 46.69.1 | |||
| Schering Biotech Corp’s Application | [1993] RPC 249 | 14.142-142.1, 14.149, 14.152 | |||
| Schlumberger Holdings Ltd v Electromagnetic Geoservices AS [2010] | EWCA Civ 819 [2010] RPC 33 | 3.28-28.1, 3.81, 14.64,14.152 | |||
| Schütz (UK) Ltd v Werit UK Ltd (Patents Court) | [2010] EWHC 660 | 60.12.2 | |||
| (Court of Appeal) | [2011] EWCA Civ 303 | 60.12.2 | |||
| (Supreme Court) | [2013] UKSC 16 | 60.12.2-60.12.3 | |||
| Schütz (UK) Ltd v Werit UK Ltd & Anr | [2011] EWCA Civ 927 | 68.08 | |||
| Schwarzkopf and Ors’ Application | 31 RPC 437 | 14.78 | |||
| Schwarzkopf’s Application | [1965] RPC 387 | 7.05 | |||
| Scragg (Ernest) Ltd’s Application | [1972] RPC 679 | 72.19 | |||
| Secretary of State for Education and Skills v Frontline Technology Limited | [2005] EWHC 37 (Ch) | 14.127.1, 130.26 | |||
| See Real Technologies SA | BL O/261/12 | 18.97 | |||
| Shahin’s Application | SHB 456, BL O/149/95 | 1.30 | |||
| Shanks v Unilever (Patents Court) (Court of Appeal) |
[2010] RPC 11 [2011] RPC 12 | 41.04.1 | |||
| Shanks v Unilever Plc & Ors (Hearing) (Patents Court) (Court of Appeal) Supreme Court |
BL O/259/13 [2014] EWHC 1647 (Pat) [2017] EWCA Civ 2 [[2019] UKSC 45 |
40.04.2, 41. 04 | |||
| Shape and Potemkin’s Applications | SHB 211, BL O/140/92 | 8.23 | |||
| Shell Development Co’s Application | 64 RPC 154 | 14.152 | |||
| Shiley Inc’s Patent 1303864 | [1988] RPC 97 | 46.50, 46.58, 46.63, 46.65, 46.76 | |||
| Shopalotto.com Ltd’s Application | [2006] RPC 7 | 1.20.3, 1.32, 17.98 | |||
| Siegfried Demel v C & H Jefferson [1999] | FSR 204 | 76.26 | |||
| Siemens Medical Systems Inc.’s Application | BL O/063/00 | 14.200 | |||
| Singleton’s Patent | 1395 858 SHB 323 | 28.13 | |||
| Sirna Therapeutics Inc’s Application | [2006] RPC 12 | 5.26.4, 5.26.5, 20A.13, 20A.14, 28.09, 28.09.1 | |||
| Smart Card Solutions Ltd’s Applications | [2004] RPC 12 | 18.56 | |||
| Smith International Inc’s Patent | [2006] FSR 25 | 97.08 | |||
| Smith & Nephew’s Patent 1280631 | SHB 22, BL O/126/87 | 46.50.1, 46.55, 46.64, 46.73, 46.76.3 | |||
| Smith & Nephew Plc v Convatec Technologies Inc | [2015] EWCA Civ 607 | 14.117.2-3 | |||
| Smith, Kline and French Laboratories Ltd v Evans Medical Ltd | [1989] FSR 513, [1989] FSR 561 | 60.25, 27.08, 75.04 | |||
| Smith, Kline and French Laboratories Ltd v R D Harbottle (Mercantile) Ltd and Others | [1980] RPC 363 | 60.13 14 | |||
| Smith, Kline and French Laboratories Ltd’s Cimetidine Patents 1338169 and 1397436 (Generics’ Application) | [1990] RPC 203, [1988] RPC 148 | 46.35-37.2, 46.38, 46.39.1, 46.42, 47.1, 46.48, 46.54, 46.55.1-56, 46.70, 46.16, 46.21 | |||
| Smith, Kline and French Laboratories Ltd’s Patents 1338169, 1395929, 1397436 and 1398426 (Harris Pharmaceuticals’ Application) | [1990] RPC 203 | 46.16 | |||
| Smith, Kline and French Laboratories Ltd’s Patents 1338169 and 1397436 (Ivax Corp’s Application) | SHB 114 | 46.47.1, 46.70, 46.73 | |||
| SmithKline Beecham plc’s Patent | [2003] RPC 6 | 2.35 | |||
| SmithKline Beecham Plc’s (Paroxetine Methanesulfonate) Patent | [2006] RPC 10 | 2.02, 2.06.2 2.07.2-3, 2.08, 2.10-10.1 | |||
| SmithKline Beecham Plc v Apotex Europe Ltd (No.2) | [2005] FSR 24 | 63.04, 65.06 | |||
| Societe Minerve SA’s Patent | 1445 469 SHB 315, BL O/55/82 | 28.11 | |||
| Sonic Tape plc’s Patent | [1987] RPC 251 | 130.22, 280.04 | |||
| Sony Corporation’s Patent [1990] | RPC 152 | 28.12 | |||
| Southco Inc v Dzus Fastener Europe Ltd | [1990] RPC 587 | 76.13.1, 76.20 | |||
| Spring Form Inc. v Toy Brokers Ltd | [2002] FSR 17 | 69.06 | |||
| Stanelco Fibre Optics Ltd’s Applications | [2005] RPC 15 | 7.12.1, 7.12.4 | |||
| Starsight Telecast Inc & Anor v Virgin Media Ltd & Ors | [2014] EWHC 828 (Pat) | 76.15.5 | |||
| Statoil ASA v University of Southampton | BL O/204/05 | 7.12.2, 7.12.4, 8.09 | |||
| Stena Rederi Aktiebolag v Irish Ferries Ltd[2002] | RPC 50, [2003] RPC 36 | 60.26 | |||
| Stephen L Thaler’s application | BL O/741/19 | 7.11.1, 13.10.1 | |||
| Stevens’ Application | SHB 241, BL O/63/93 | 8.23 | |||
| Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd v Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH | [2014] RPC 6 | 14.127 | |||
| Sunwave Communications Co. Ltd | BL O/0206/23 | 117-09 | |||
| Symbian Ltd’s Application | [2008] EWCA Civ 1066, [2009] RPC 1 | 1.09.1, 1.09.3, 1.16, 1.24, 1.35, 1.37, 1.37.1, 1.38.4 | |||
| Syntex Corporation’s Patent (“naproxen”) | [1986] RPC 585 | 46.38.1, 46.61, 46.68 | |||
| Szucs’ Application | SHB 106, BL O/004/86 | 8.21.1 | |||
| Tanabe Seiyaku Co’s Patent 1236467 (“diltiazem”) | BL O/140/86 | 46.47, 46.62 | |||
| Tate & Lyle Technology v Roquette Frères (Patents Court) Tate & Lyle Technology v Roquette Frères (Court of Appeal) | [2010] FSR 1 [2010] EWCA Civ 1049 | 1.27, 2.14.1 | |||
| Taylor v Lanarkshire Health Board | BL O/864/21 | 36.07 | |||
| Taylor v Lanarkshire Health Board | BL O/157/22 | 36.07 | |||
| TDK Electronics Co Ltd’s Application | SHB 103, BL O/97/83 | 1.40.2 | |||
| Technetix B.V and others v Teleste Ltd | [2019] EWHC 126 | 125.17.8 | |||
| Technip France SA’s Patent | [2004] RPC 46 | 3.21 | |||
| Tekdata Ltd’s Patent 1553 575 | [1985] RPC 201 | 28.12 | |||
| Telsonic AG’s Patent | [2004] RPC 38 | 14.135 | |||
| Tetra Moletric Ltd v Japan Imports Ltd | [1976] RPC 547 | 3.26, 3.81.1 | |||
| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd & Ors v Bayer Healthcare LLC | [2021] EWHC 2690 (Pat) | 3.87.2 | |||
| Teva UK Limited & another v AstraZeneca AB | EWHC 2873 | 2.08, 3.30.0, 76.15.5 | |||
| Teva UK Ltd and others v AstraZeneca AB | [2012] EWHC 655 | 3.99 | |||
| * Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd v Astellas Pharma Inc. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd & Anor v Astellas Pharma Inc |
[2022] EWHC 1316 (Pat) [2023] EWCA Civ 880 |
3.87.3 | |||
| Texas Iron Works v Nodeco | [2000] RPC 207 | 62.03, 76.05 | |||
| Textron Inc’s Patent | [1989] RPC 441 | 28.12 | |||
| Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents | [2020] EWHC 2412 (Pat) [2021] EWCA Civ 1374 | 7.11.1, 13.09, 13.10.1 | |||
| ** Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks | [2023] UKSC 49 | 7.11.1, 13.09, 13.10.1 | |||
| Thaler’s Application | BL O/447/22 | 13.12.1, 89.B.07.1 | |||
| Therma-Tru Corporation’s Patent | BL O/92/96 | 50.05, 50.07 | |||
| Three Delayed Convention Applications | [1975] RPC 611 | 119.03 | |||
| Threeway Pressings Ltd’s Application | [2012] RPC 129 BL O/124/12 | 2.38 | |||
| timolol | see Frosst | ||||
| Tokan Kogyo KK’s Application | [1985] RPC 244 | 117.01, 123.03 | |||
| Torre’s Patent SHB 356 | BL O/146/95 | 46.37.4, 46.62, 46.72.1 | |||
| Townsend’s Application | BL O/266/03, [2004] EWHC 482 (Pat) | 1.40, 1.40.2 | |||
| triazolam | see Upjohn | ||||
| Triten Corp’s Patent | SHB 45, BL O/65/88 | 28.16 | |||
| Ultimatte Corp’s Patent | SHB 101, BL O/1/84 | 48.13 | |||
| Ultraframe (UK) Ltd v Eurocell Building Plastics Ltd | [2005] RPC 7 | 14.111 | |||
| Ultraframe (UK) Ltd v Fielding | [2004] RPC 24 | 39.12.1 | |||
| Unilever Ltd (Davis’) Application | [1983] RPC 219 | 0.05, 4A.02, 4A.09 | |||
| Unilever plc v Chefaro Proprietaries Ltd | [1994] RPC 567 | 3.34 | |||
| Unilin Beheer BV v Berry Floor NV | [2004] EWCA (Civ) 1021 | 5.23.3 | |||
| Unilin Beheer BV v Berry Floor NV and Others | [2007] EWCA Civ 364 | 61.04.2 | |||
| Unilin Beheer BV v Berry Floor NV (No.2) | [2006] FSR 26 | 62.13 | |||
| Union Carbide Corporation (Hostettler’s) Application | [1972] RPC 601 | 3.94 | |||
| Union Carbide Corp. v BP Chemicals Ltd | [1999] RPC 409, [1998] RPC 1 | 125.05, 2.06.1, 2.18 | |||
| Unique Products and Design Co Ltd’s Application | SHB 453, BL O/147/95 | 89.10 | |||
| Unitec Systems’ Application | SHB 247, BL O/143/94 | 39.12 | |||
| United Shoe Machinery’s Application | 57 RPC 71 | 14.148 | |||
| United Wire Ltd v Screen Repair Services (Scotland) Ltd | [2001] RPC 24 | 60.12.1-3 | |||
| Universite Rene Descartes | SHB 293, BL O/147/88 | 14.151 | |||
| University of Chicago’s Patent | SHB 353, BL O/44/91 | 28.12 | |||
| University of Southampton’s Applications | [2002] RPC 44 | 12.05.1 | |||
| University of Southampton’s Applications | [2005] RPC 11, [2006] RPC 21 | 7.12.3, 7.13, 8.06 | |||
| Uniworld Trade and Finance Establishment’s Patent 1521254 | SHB 318 | 28.16 | |||
| Unwired Planet International Ltd v Huawei Technologies Co Ltd & Ors | [2015] EWHC 3366 | 2.22.1 | |||
| Upjohn Co (Beal’s) Patent | [1973] RPC 77 | 27.15 | |||
| Upjohn Co (Kirton’s) Application | [1976] RPC 324 | 4A.10 | |||
| Upjohn’s Patents 1291631 and 1291632 (“triazolam”) (Generics Ltd’s application) | BL C/70/88 | 46.37.2, 46.48 | |||
| Upjohn’s Patent 1291632 | SHB 8, 19, BL O/40/87, BL O/102/87 | 46.17 | |||
| Upjohn’s Patent 1291631 (“triazolam”) and Takeda Chemical Industries’ Patent 1298364 (Generics Ltd’s application) | SHB 4, BL C/49/87 | 46.34 | |||
| Valensi and another v British Radio Corporation Ltd | [1973] RPC 337 | 14.68-14.69 | |||
| Van der Lely NV v Bamfords Ltd | [1963] RPC 61 | 60.07 | |||
| Van der Lely’s Application | [1987] RPC 61 | 76.15.1 | |||
| Vause’s European Patent | BL O/278/00 | 28.05 | |||
| VEB Kombinat Walzlager und Normteile’s Application | [1987] RPC 405 | 15.08, 76.08.1 | |||
| Vector Corp V Glatt Air Technologies Ltd | [2007] RPC 12 | 27.07, 76.15.4 | |||
| Vernacare Ltd v Moulded Fibre Products (MFP) | [2022] EWHC 2197 (IPEC) [2023] EWCA Civ 831 |
3.26.1, 3.95, 125.17.8, 125.18.8 | |||
| Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Premium Aircraft Interiors UK Ltd | [2009] EWCA Civ 1062, [2010] RPC 8 | 1.19, 14.112, 14.135 | |||
| Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited v Zodiac Seats UK Limited | [2013] UKSC 46 | 61.04.2 | |||
| Virulite Ltd’s Application | BL O/058/10 | 4A.09 | |||
| VNU Business Publications BV v Ziff Davis (UK) Limited | [1992] RPC 269 | 118.13 | |||
| Waddingtons Ltd’s Patent | [1986] RPC 158 | 27.07 | |||
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences & Ors v Smith & Nephew Plc & Anor | [2009] EWCA Civ 848 | 3.37.1 | |||
| Walters’ Patent | SHB 362, BL O/105/91 | 28.15 | |||
| Ward’s Applications | BL O/143/02, BL O/055/06 | 17.96.4 | |||
| Warner-Lambert Company, LLC v Actavis Group Ptc EHF & Ors (Court of Appeal) | [2015] EWCA Civ 556 | 4A.31, 60.16.1, 60.19.2 | |||
| Warner-Lambert Company v Generics (UK) Ltd (t/a Mylan) & Ors (Court of Appeal) | [2016] EWCA Civ 1006 | 4A.31, 60.16.1, 60.19.2 | |||
| Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Generics (UK) Ltd (t.a. Mylan) & Anor. (Supreme Court) | [2018] UKSC 56 | 4A.27.1, 4A.29.4-5, 4A.31, 14.72.1, 60.16.1, 60.19.2, 75.21.2, 125.14 | |||
| Warwick’s Patent | 1444 979 SHB 317, BL O/150/82 | 28.14 | |||
| Waters Investments Ltd’s Application | BL O/146/07 | 1.29.2 | |||
| Webb’s Application | BL O/84/88 | 4.05 | |||
| Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratories (Australia) Pty Ltd | [1982] RPC 343 | 3.04 | |||
| WesternGeco Ltd’s Application | BL O/135/07 | 1.29.2 | |||
| Wheatley v Drillsafe Ltd | [2001] RPC 7 | 3.16 | Wheatley’s Application | [1985] RPC 91 | 2.28 |
| Whiteside’s Patent | 1467 044 SHB 321, BL O/44/84 | 28.13, 28.16 | |||
| Wilkinson Sword Ltd v Gillette Industries Ltd & Anr | [1975] RPC 101 | 27.08 | |||
| Wills’ Application | BL O/89/99 | 1.33.2 | |||
| Windsurfing International Inc v Tabur Marine (Great Britain) Ltd | [1985] RPC 59 | 3.05, 3.11, 3.23, 3.34, 3.76 | |||
| WMS Gaming Ltd’s Application | BL O/260/13 | 1.20.2 | |||
| Wobben v Vestas-Celtic Wind Technology Ltd | [2007] EWHC 2636 (Pat) | 14.60 | |||
| Woolard’s Application | [2002] RPC 39 | 2.32, 73.02.2 | |||
| J Wyeth and Brother Ltd’s Application | [1985] RPC 545 | 4A.20 | |||
| Xu’s Application | BL O/610/22 | 20.02 | |||
| Yeda Research and Development Co Ltd v Rhone-Poulenc Rorer International Holdings Inc. | [2007] RPC 9 | 37.20 | |||
| Yeda Research and Development Co Ltd v Rhone- Poulenc Rorer International Holdings Inc. and others | [2007] UKHL 43 | 8.06, 37.20 | |||
| Zannetos’s Application SHB | 474, BL O/119/96 | 18.24 | |||
| Zarach’s Patent 1578 074 | SHB 319 | 28.12 | |||
| Zebra Technologies Corporation’s Application | O/653/22 | 2.08.1 | |||
| Zeigler’s Patent | BL O/64/87 | 1.02 | |||
| Zipher Ltd v Markem Systems Ltd & Anr | [2008] EWHC 1379 (Pat) | 14.60-14.61, 14.64, 14.67, 14.76, 27.08, 27.32, 27.32.1, 75.04, 75.21, 75.21.1 |
EPO Decisions referred to in the Manual
| Decision reference | EPO decision type |
| G | decision of the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal |
| J | decision of the EPO Legal Board of Appeal |
| T | decision of the EPO Technical Board of Appeal |
| V | decision of the EPO Opposition Division |
| Decision reference | Decision number | Case | Citation | Manual Paragraph(s) |
| G | 01/19 | (Pedestrian simulation) | 1.29.5 | |
| G | 05/83 | [1985] 3 OJEPO 64 | Eisai/ Second medical indication | 4A.20, 4A.27, 4A.28 |
| G | 02/88 correction | [1990] 4 OJEPO 93 [1990] 12 OJEPO 469 | Mobil Oil Corp | 2.14 |
| G | 06/88 | [1990] 4 OJEPO 114 | Bayer A G | 2.14 |
| G | 11/91 | [1993] 3 OJEPO 125 | Celtrix | 117.07 |
| G | 01/92 | [1993] 5 OJEPO 277 | 2.27 | |
| G | 01/93 | [1994] 8 OJEPO 541 | Adv Semiconductor | 18.69, 76.14, 76.27 |
| G | 03/93 | [1995] 1-2 OJEPO 18 | 6.03 | |
| G | 01/98 | [2000] EPOR 303 | Novartis | 76A.05 |
| G | 02/98 | [2001] 10 OJEPO 413 [2002] EPOR 17 | Requirement for claiming priority of the “same invention” | 5.25 |
| G | 01/03 and 02/03 | [2004] 8-9 OJEPO 413 [2004] EPOR 33 | Disclaimer/PPG Disclaimer/Genetic Systems | 14.127-14.127.1 |
| G | 01/04 | [2006] 5 OJEPO 334 [2006] EPOR 15 | Diagnostic Methods | 4A.06 |
| G | 2/06 | [2009] 5 OJEPO 306 WARF | Use of embryos | 76A.02.1 |
| G | 01/07 | [2011] 3 OJEPO 134 | Medi-Physics/ Treatment by surgery | 4A.08, 4A.10, 4A.11.1, 4A.14 |
| G | 02/07 | State of Israel/ Broccoli | 76A.03 | |
| G | 01/08 | State of Israel/ Tomatoes | 76A.03 | |
| G | 02/08 | [2010] 10 OJEPO 456 | Abbott Respiratory Dosage regime | 4A.27-4A27.1, 4A.28.2 |
| G | 03/08 | Patentability of programs for computers | 1.09.2 | |
| G | 02/10 | Disclaimer/SCRIPPS | 14.127,4A.14 | |
| G | 01/15 | Infineum USA L.P. | 5.25.3 | |
| G | 01/16 | Disclaimer | 14.127 | |
| G | 01/19 | Pedestrian simulation | 1.29.1 | |
| J | 22/88 | [1990] 5 OJEPO 244 | Radakovic | 28.15.1 |
| J | 02/01 | [2005] 2 OJEPO 88 [2004] EPOR 54 | Trustees of Dartmouth College | 15.24 |
| T | 02/80 | [1981] 10 OJEPO 431 | Bayer AG | 14.128 |
| T | 36/82 | [1983] 7 OJEPO 269 | Cselt | 3.04 |
| T | 110/82 | [1983] 7 OJEPO 274 | Bayer AG | 14.159.1 |
| T | 119/82 | [1984] 5 OJEPO 217 | Exxon Research & Eng Co | 3.82 |
| T | 150/82 | [1984] 7 OJEPO 309 | International Flavors and Fragrances Inc | 2.15, 14.121 |
| T | 06/83 | [1990] 1-2 OJEPO 5 | IBM | 1.09.4, 1.37.1 |
| T | 84/83 | [1979-85] EPOR 796 | Luchtenberg GmbH | 2.27 |
| T | 201/83 | [1984] 10 OJEPO 481 | Shell | 76.07 |
| T | 204/83 | [1985] 10 OJEPO 310 | Charbonnages | 2.08.1 |
| T | 176/84 | [1986] 2 OJEPO 50 | Mobius Metallwarenfabrik | 3.44 |
| T 26 | 163/85 | [1990] EPOR 599 | BBC/Colour television signal | 1.40.1 |
| T | 5/86 | unreported | Newman | 4.05 |
| T | 26/85 | [1990] EPOR 267 | Toshiba/Thickness of Magnetic Layers | 2.06.2 |
| T | 115/85 | IBM/Computer-related inventions) | 1.09.4, 1.36, 1.37.1, 1.37.3 | |
| T | 208/84 | [1987] 1 OJEPO 14 | (Vicom Systems Inc) | 1.09.4, 1.29-1.29.2, 1.37.1, 1.38.1 |
| T | 303/86 | [1993] EPOR 241 | CPC Int | 2.04.1 |
| T | 427/86 | [1999] EPOR 443 | Rhône-Poulenc | 2.19 |
| T | 35/87 | [1988] 4 OJEPO 134 | BASF | 14.163 |
| T | 301/87 | [1990] 8 OJEPO 335 | Biogen | 14.149 |
| T | 331/87 | [1991] EPOR 194 | Houdaille/Removal of feature | 76.18.1 |
| T | 344/89 | [1993] EPOR 209 | GTE Laboratories | 76.14 |
| T | 666/89 | [1992] EPOR 501 | Unilever/Washing Composition | 2.06.2 |
| T | 482/89 | [1992] 11 OJEPO 646 | Telemechanique | 2.27 |
| T | 19/90 | 315/03 [1990] 12 OJEPO 476 [2006] 1 OJEPO 15 | Harvard College T | 1.35, 76A.02.1, 76A.05 |
| T | 122/90 | unreported | Raychem Ltd | 76.17 |
| T | 303/90 | unreported | Victoria University Manchester | 4A.17 |
| T | 401/90 | unreported | Victoria University Manchester | 4A.17 |
| T | 409/91 | [1994] 9 OJEPO 653 | Exxon | 14.81 |
| T | 435/91 | [1995] 4 OJEPO 188 | Unilever | 14.81 |
| T | 694/92 | [1997] OJEPO 408 | Mycogen | 14.81 |
| T | 820/92 | [1995] 3 OJEPO 113 | The General Hospital Corp’s Application | 4A.02 |
| T | 939/92 | [1996] 6 OJEPO 309 | AgrEvo UK Ltd | 3.89, 3.90, 14.142.1 |
| T | 952/92 | [1995] 11 OJEPO 755 | Packard Instrument BV | 2.27 |
| T | 74/93 | [1995] 10 OJEPO 712 | British Technology | 4A.02 |
| T | 356/93 | [1995] 8 OJEPO 545 | Plant Genetic Systems | 1.35 |
| T | 207/94 | [1999] EPOR 451 | Biogen | 5.25 |
| T | 892/94 | [2000] 1 OJEPO 1 | Robertet SA | 2.14 |
| T | 609/02 | Salk Institute | 4A.29.2-3 | |
| T | 258/03 | [2004] 12 OJEPO 575 [2005] EPOR 55 | Hitachi/Auction Method | 1.37.1 |
| T | 315/03 | [2006] 1 OJEPO 15 [2005] EPOR 31 | Harvard College | 1.35, 76A.02.3, 76A.05 |
| T | 383/03 | 3 OJEPO [2005] 159 | General Hospital/ Hair removal method | 4A.09 |
| T | 1329/04 | [2006] EPOR 8 | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine/Growth Differentiation Factor | 3.91 |
| T | 250/05 | Brigham and Women’s Hospital | 4A.27.1 | |
| T | 1054/05 | NEC Corp. | 3.17 | |
| T | 1134/06 | Konami Corp. | 18.09.4 | |
| T | 1743/06 | INEOS Silicas | 14.81, 14.88 | |
| T | 1553/06 | Public availability of documents on the World Wide Web/PHILIPS | 2.24.1 | |
| T | 1758/07 | Biotech Pharmacon | 4A.22, 4A.31 | |
| T | 0002/09 | Public availability of an e-mail transmitted via the Internet/PHILIPS | 2.24.2 | |
| T | 1099/09 | Coloplast | 4A.22, 4A.28-3 | |
| T | 1496/11 | Securency International Pty Ltd | 15.22 | |
| T | 879/12 | Genentech | 4A.27.1, 18.97.1 | |
| T | 1780/12 | Board of Regents, the University of Texas System | 4A.27.1, 18.97.1 | |
| T | 1218/14 | Dohler/Du Pont Nutrition Biosciences | 14.127, 14.88 | |
| V | 08/94 | [1995] 6 OJEPO 388 | Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology/ Relaxin | 76A.06 |