Patent decision
- BL number
- O/161/04
- Concerning rights in
- EP (UK) 1101615
- Hearing Officer
- Mrs S Williams
- Decision date
- 7 June 2004
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Seiko Epson Corporation, Masato Shimada, Akira Matsuzawa, Yoshinao Miyata and Tsutomu Nishiwaki
- Provisions discussed
- PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
- Keywords
- Inventorship
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
As a result of an uncontested application filed under section 13(1) by Seiko Epson Corporation, it was found that Tsutomu Nishiwaki should be mentioned as a joint inventor in the granted patent and directed that an addendum slip mentioning him as a joint inventor be prepared for the granted patent for the invention.
Full decision O/161/04 12Kb