Patent decision
- BL number
- O/258/14
- Concerning rights in
- GB 2500671
- Hearing Officer
- Mr A R Bushell
- Decision date
- 10 June 2014
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- E.V. Offshore Limited, Jonathan Thursby, Shaun Peck and Matthew Gibson-Ford
- Provisions discussed
- PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
- Keywords
- Inventorship
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
An uncontested application was filed by the proprietor E.V. Offshore Limited under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Matthew Gibson-Ford should be mentioned as a joint inventor along with Jonathan Thursby and Shaun Peck in the published patent application and granted patent for the invention and directed that an addendum slip mentioning him as a joint inventor be prepared for the published patent application and granted patent for the invention.
Full decision O/258/14 23Kb