Patent decision

BL number
O/120/06
Concerning rights in
GB 2371369
Hearing Officer
Mrs S Williams
Decision date
15 May 2006
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd, Kiyoto Maruoka, Jun Nishibayashi and Noritoshi Nakagawa
Provisions discussed
PA1977 Sections 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None

Summary

As a result of an uncontested application filed under section 13(1) by Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd, it was found that Noritoshi Nakagawa should be mentioned as a joint inventor in the published patent application and granted patent and directed that an addendum slip be prepared mentioning him as a joint inventor for the published patent application and the granted patent.

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