Patent decision

BL number
O/061/20
Concerning rights in
GB2548418 & GB2521258
Hearing Officer
Mrs S Eaves
Decision date
31 January 2020
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Coldharbour Marine Limited, Mark Wells, Andrew Marshall and Professor Peter James Dobson
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Coldharbour Marine Limited, the patent proprietor, under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Professor Peter James Dobson should have been mentioned as a joint inventor along with Mark Wells and Andrew Marshall.

It was also directed that an addendum slip be prepared for patents GB2548418 and GB2521258 accordingly.

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