Patent decision

BL number

O/360/17

Concerning rights in

GB2526853

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Eaves

Decision date

28 July 2017

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

NSF Controls Limited, Kenneth Pickles and Aaron Bains

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by NSF Controls Limited the patent proprietor under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Aaron Bains should be mentioned as joint inventor along with Kenneth Pickles. It was also directed that an addendum slip mentioning him as joint inventor be prepared to reflect this for the published patent application and granted patent for the invention.

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