Patent decision

BL number

O/158/19

Concerning rights in

EP(UK)1319644 & EP(UK)1453781

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Eaves

Decision date

26 March 2019

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Merck Patent GmbH, Martin Erdmann, Walter Hamm & Stefan Christ

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Merck Patent GmbH, the patent proprietor, under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Stefan Christ should be mentioned as a joint inventor. It was also directed that an addendum slip be prepared to reflect this for the granted patent for the invention.

Full decision O/158/19 184Kb