Patent decision

BL number
O/002/15
Concerning rights in
EP (UK) 1886934
Hearing Officer
Mr A R Bushell
Decision date
5 January 2015
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Intercontinental Great Brands LLC, Carole Anne Vogt, Gladys Odette Sierra-Gomez, Jeffrey Thomas Weber, Elizabeth McDermott and Douglas H. Philipsen
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Douglas H. Philipsen under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Douglas H. Philipsen should be mentioned as a joint inventor along with Carole Anne Vogt, Gladys Odette Sierra-Gomez, Jeffrey Thomas Weber and Elizabeth McDermott in the granted patent for the invention and directed that an addendum slip mentioning him as a joint inventor be prepared for the granted patent for the invention.

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