Patent decision
- BL number
- O/134/11
- Concerning rights in
- EP(UK)1283295
- Hearing Officer
- Mrs S Williams
- Decision date
- 15 April 2011
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Yuichi Manabe, Toray Industries, Inc., Masaru Haruta, Hiroshi Kagao, Masanori Uemoto and Takenori Furuya
- Provisions discussed
- PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
- Keywords
- Inventorship
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
An uncontested application was filed by Yuichi Manabe. As a result, it was found that Yuichi Manabe should be named as a joint inventor along with Masaru Haruta, Hiroshi Kagao, Masanori Uemoto and Takenori Furuya. It was also directed that an addendum slip mentioning Yuichi Manabe as a joint inventor be prepared for the granted patent for the invention.
Full decision O/134/11 47Kb