Patent decision

BL number

O/076/15

Concerning rights in

EP 2176928

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Eaves

Decision date

17 February 2015

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Emerson Electric Co, John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc., Todd A Westley, Richard W Ballas, Richard R Bowles, Brian A Mitchell and Shawn M Chawgo

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by the proprietor Emerson Electric Co under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Shawn M Chawgo should be mentioned as a joint inventor along with Todd A Westley, Richard W Ballas, Richard R Bowles and Brian A Mitchell in the granted patent for the invention and directed that an addendum slip mentioning him as a joint inventor be prepared for the granted patent for the invention.

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