Patent decision

BL number
O/263/13
Concerning rights in
GB 2484569
Hearing Officer
Mr A R Bushell
Decision date
27 June 2013
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Rolls-Royce Plc, Douglas John Angus, Alexander Edward Henry Fitzhugh and Michael Thomas Turner
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(3)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None

Summary

As a result of an uncontested application filed under section 13(3) by Rolls-Royce Plc, the comptroller found that Michael Thomas Turner should not have been mentioned as a joint inventor in the published patent application or granted patent for this invention. The decision serves as a certificate to this effect. The comptroller also directed that an addendum slip be prepared for the published patent application and granted patent stating that Michael Thomas Turner should not have been mentioned as a joint inventor.

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