Patent decision

BL number

O/311/05

Concerning rights in

EP (UK) 0548984

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Williams

Decision date

30 November 2005

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Seiko Epson Corporation, Saturo Hosono, Tomoaki Abe, Shuji Yonekubo, Minoru Usui and Masahiko Yoshida

Provisions discussed

PA. 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

As a result of an uncontested application filed under section 13(1) by Seiko Epson Corporation, it was found that Minoru Usui and Masahiko Yoshida should also be mentioned as joint inventors in granted patent EP (UK) 0548984 and directed that an addendum slip mentioning them as joint inventors be prepared for the granted patent for the invention.

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