Patent decision

BL number

O/483/01

Concerning rights in

PCT/US99/06438

Hearing Officer

Mr P Hayward

Decision date

5 November 2001

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Oliver Jevons v Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Provisions discussed

PA1977 sections 12(1), 13(1), 13(3)

Keywords

Entitlement, Extensions of time, Inventorship, Orders

Related Decisions

O/417/01

Summary

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company sought extensions to the periods for making submissions as to an appropriate order and lodging any appeal following the decision of 25 September 2001 in respect of an entitlement and inventorship claim concerning the invention disclosed in International Patent Application PCT/US99/06438. Mr Jevons had orally agreed to 3Ms request. The Hearing Officer exercised his discretion to grant the extensions to provide sufficient time for the parties to agree a form of order.

Full decision O/483/01 8Kb