tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post7740409113931631759..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Nestec now the defendant as the coffee capsule battles continueVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-56206888572447060342015-01-30T17:04:04.652+00:002015-01-30T17:04:04.652+00:00Has the nestec dualit decision been appealed? It&#...<i>Has the nestec dualit decision been appealed? It'd be good to get the priority issue looked at.</i><br /><br />The patent was <a href="http://k-slaw.blogspot.ca/2013/12/t-167412-christmas-with-nespresso.html" rel="nofollow">disposed of the EPO opposition procedure</a>. <br /><br />It was the added subject-matter that killed it. With that diagnosis, the Board didn't bother to look for any bullets or toxic priorities.<br /><br />I find this whole business appalling, but nevertheless find the latest installment quite interesting. ECC anticipated how Nestec might react to its soft polymer capsules, and preventively filed a patent for a product that litterally doesn't work. According to the patent, the harpoon isn't designed to grip on the cartridge (it would slide on an aluminium capsule), but to make a mess with softer, heat deformable, polymer capsules.<br /><br />I'm curious to see how the allegedly infringing Nestec embodiment looks like. One might probably defeat the harpoons by tearing them off with pliers or the tip of a screwdriver, but this solution would be most certainly abhorrent to the average consumer.<br /><br />If the mechanical tolerances allow it, one could also attempt to make a sleeve out of an aluminium Nestec capsule, and use it as a liner to defeat the harpoon or its equivalent mechanisms. A drop of glue could hold the sleeve in place in the receptacle, if necessary, or the aluminium capsule could be deformed to fit the shape of the inner walls.<br /><br />I should have filed a patent for the liner idea before I made the present disclosure. I still have a few hours left.<br /><br />I can't find any application by Nestec for anything resemble harpoons.Roufousse T. Fairflynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-77493681061652203572015-01-30T16:58:25.386+00:002015-01-30T16:58:25.386+00:00It was but Nestec withdrew the appeal following re...It was but Nestec withdrew the appeal following revocation of EP2103236 by the BoA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-21856983485106929812015-01-30T15:39:49.740+00:002015-01-30T15:39:49.740+00:00Has the nestec dualit decision been appealed? It&#...Has the nestec dualit decision been appealed? It'd be good to get the priority issue looked at.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-49133916400052615362015-01-30T09:01:14.354+00:002015-01-30T09:01:14.354+00:00Apologies. New link should hopefully work. Thank...Apologies. New link should hopefully work. Thank you for pointing this out.Darren Smythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252776942038752516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-66803189200275849782015-01-30T08:49:31.141+00:002015-01-30T08:49:31.141+00:00The link to the patent is broken.The link to the patent is broken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com