Patent decision

BL number

O/165/10

Concerning rights in

EP(UK)1665914

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Williams

Decision date

25 May 2010

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG, Würth Elektronik GmbH + Co. KG, and others

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG, Würthe Elektronik GmbH + Co. KG, Dietmar Birgel, Paul Burger, Karl-Peter Hauptvogel, Andreas Bensch, Herbert Harder, Andreas Kiefer and Klaus Peter Weinhold. As a result, it was found that Andreas Bensch, Herbert Harder, Andreas Kiefer and Klaus Peter Weinhold should be mentioned as joint inventors in the granted patent for the invention along with the currently named inventors, Dietmar Birgel, Paul Burger and Karl-Peter Hauptvogel. It was also directed that an addendum slip mentioning them as joint inventors be prepared for the granted patent for the invention.

Full decision O/165/10 18Kb