Patent decision

BL number
O/401/10
Concerning rights in
GB2383533B
Hearing Officer
Mrs S E Chalmers
Decision date
18 November 2010
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Mr Nigel Melling
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977, Section 117
Keywords
Correction
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The Hearing Officer refused Mr Melling’s request to correct the Register of Patents to name him as sole inventor as being outside the scope of section 117 which was concerned with the correction of clerical errors.

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