Patent decision

BL number

O/261/18

Concerning rights in

GB2351815

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Eaves

Decision date

26 April 2018

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc., William G. Irwin, David L. Deitz and Godfrey R. Sherriff

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc. the patent proprietor under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Godfrey R. Sherriff should be mentioned as a joint inventor along with William G. Irwin and David L. Deitz. It was also directed that an addendum slip mentioning him as a joint inventor be prepared to reflect this for the published patent application and granted patent for the invention.

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