Patent decision

BL number

O/323/13

Concerning rights in

GB2475014

Hearing Officer

Mr A R Bushell

Decision date

8 August 2013

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Adelaide Research & Innovation Pty Ltd, Mark Stephens, Martin Lambert, Angus Simpson, Young-il Kim and John Vitkovsky

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Adelaide Research & Innovation Pty Ltd under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that both Young-il Kim and John Vitkovsky should be mentioned as joint inventors along with Mark Stephens, Martin Lambert and Angus Simpson in the published patent application and granted patent for the invention, and directed that an addendum slip mentioning them as joint inventors be prepared for both the published patent application and granted patent for the invention.

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