Patent decision

BL number

O/386/15

Concerning rights in

GB2485714 and GB2506770

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Eaves

Decision date

13 August 2015

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

International Business Machines Corporation, RF Micro Devices Inc, Felix P. Anderson, Thomas L McDevitt, Anthony K. Stamper, Julio Carlos Costa and Jonathan Hale Hammond

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

Uncontested applications were filed by International Business Machines Corporation and RF Micro Devices Inc under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Julio Carlos Costa and Jonathan Hale Hammond should be mentioned as joint inventors in the published patent applications and granted patents for the inventions and that an addendum slip mentioning them as a joint inventors be prepared for the published applications and granted patents for the inventions.

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