Patent decision

BL number
O/423/12
Concerning rights in
EP 1218921
Hearing Officer
Mr A R Bushell
Decision date
26 October 2012
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
UT Battelle, LLC, Oleg Kornienko, William B. Whitten and John M. Ramsey
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by UT Battelle, LLC under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Oleg Kornienko should be mentioned as a joint inventor along with William B. Whitten and John M. Ramsey 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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