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.

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