Patent decision
- BL number
- O/232/11
- Concerning rights in
- EP1910466
- Hearing Officer
- Mr A R Bushell
- Decision date
- 30 June 2011
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Marcus David Shelby, Eastman Chemical Company, Wesley Raymond Hale, Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Mark Edward Stewart, Martin Emerson Rogers, Spencer Allen Gilliam, Michael Duane Cliffton, Emmett Dudley Crawford, David Scott Porter and Gary Wayne Connell
- Provisions discussed
- PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
- Keywords
- Inventorship
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
An uncontested application was filed by Eastman Chemical Company under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Marcus David Shelby should be mentioned as a joint inventor along with Wesley Raymond Hale, Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Mark Edward Stewart, Martin Emerson Rogers, Spencer Allen Gilliam, Michael Duane Cliffton, Emmett Dudley Crawford, David Scott Porter and Gary Wayne Connell in the granted patent for the invention 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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