Fare collection patent extended
1st June 1973, Page 19
1st June 1973
Page 19
Page 19, 1st June 1973
— Fare collection patent extended
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Intellectual Property Law, Monopoly, Patent, Patent Law, United States Patent Law, Health / Medical / Pharma, Business / Finance
• A patent for a system of automatic fare collection which will make it "almost impossible" to bilk bus operators was given a new lease of life in the High Court last week.
Mr Justice Whitford granted a 10-year extension — the maximum allowed by law — of a patent taken out in 1957 by two British inventors, Mr John Wolfgang Halpern and Mr William Ward.
Their original patent expired last month and they sought to extend it to allow more time for the invention to be taken up.