Patent decision

BL number

O/265/13

Concerning rights in

PCT/US2011/021657 and EP11710061.0

Hearing Officer

Mr A R Bushell

Decision date

28 June 2013

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University and Insightec Ltd

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 12(1)

Keywords

Entitlement

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The claimant, The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University, filed proceedings under section 12, seeking an order for both international patent application number PCT/US2011/021657 and European patent application number EP11710061 to proceed jointly in the name of Insightec Ltd and themselves. The reference itself was unopposed, as attested by declarations from all the relevant parties. The comptroller concluded that the application should proceeding in the names of both Insightec Limited and The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University and should be treated as having been originally filed by them. A declaration was issued to this effect.

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