Patent decision

BL number

O/344/09

Concerning rights in

GB2408428

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Williams

Decision date

2 November 2009

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Nokia Corporation, Richard Seward, Michael Maguire, Jeremy Hewitson, Martin Higham and Simon Hogg

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Nokia Corporation. As a result, it was found that Michael Maguire, Jeremy Hewitson, Martin Higham and Simon Hogg should be mentioned as joint inventors in the published patent application and granted patent for the invention along with the currently named inventor, Richard Seward, and directed that an addendum slip mentioning them as joint inventors be prepared for the published patent application and granted patent for the invention.

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