Patent decision

BL number

O/0808/26

Hearing Officer

Mr B Micklewright

Decision date

4 September 2026

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Parvaiz Akhtar

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977 section 8

Keywords

Entitlement, Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The claimant asserted that they were the sole inventor of the invention in patent application GB9723190.6, a patent application which was never granted but was terminated, and claimed that they were entitled to this patent application. The proceedings were unopposed, and the hearing officer found that the claimant was the sole inventor and was entitled to the patent application.

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