Patent decision

BL number
O/256/13
Concerning rights in
EP (UK) 1476541
Hearing Officer
Mr A R Bushell
Decision date
19 June 2013
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Zymogenetics, Inc., Cindy A. Sprecher, L. Joseph Kuijper, Maria M. Dasovich, J. Francis Grant, Angela K. Hammond, E. Julia Novak, Jane A. Gross, R. Stacey Dillon and Rolf E. Kuestner
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Zymogenetics, Inc. under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Rolf E. Kuestner should be mentioned as a joint inventor along with Cindy A. Sprecher, L. Joseph Kuijper, Maria M. Dasovich, J. Francis Grant, Angela K. Hammond, E. Julia Novak, Jane A. Gross and R. Stacey Dillon 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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