Patent decision

BL number
O/292/06
Concerning rights in
US Patent Application No. 09/736023
Hearing Officer
Mr S Probert
Decision date
16 October 2006
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
IDA Ltd and others v University of Southampton and others
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 section 12
Keywords
Entitlement, Orders
Related Decisions
O/086/04, O/516/02

Summary

A procedural decision and order following a telephone hearing. The claimants were seeking an order from the Comptroller requiring the defendants to hand over a ‘petition’ required to transfer ownership of a US patent application. The hearing officer decided not to make the order there and then, preferring to wait until the matter had been fully argued at a later hearing that had already been scheduled.

Nevertheless, the hearing officer ordered the defendants to bring the original signed petition to the later hearing.

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