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.

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