Patent decision

BL number
O/439/18
Concerning rights in
EP(UK)2422939
Hearing Officer
Mrs S Eaves
Decision date
20 July 2018
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Deakin University, Ben Horan, Asim Bhatti, Nahavandi Saeid and Zoran Najdovski
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Deakin University, the patent proprietor, under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Zoran Najdovski should be mentioned as a joint inventor along with Ben Horan, Asim Bhatti and Nahavandi Saeid.

It was also directed that an addendum slip be prepared to reflect this for the granted patent for the invention.

Full decision O/439/18 PDF document63Kb