Patent decision

BL number
O/446/16
Concerning rights in
GB2505148 and GB2524906
Hearing Officer
Mrs S Eaves
Decision date
26 September 2016
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Virdia Ltd., Aharon M Eyal and Robert Jansen
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None

Summary

An application under rule 10(2) of the Patent Rules 2007 was filed by Virdia Ltd. to mention Robert Jansen as joint inventor along with Aharon M Eyal. Aharon M Eyal and Robert Jansen subsequently filed written consent in support of the application. As such, the comptroller considered the application to be unopposed and found that Robert Jansen should be mentioned as joint inventor in the published patent applications and granted patents for the inventions. It was directed that an addendum slip mentioning Robert Jansen as joint inventor be prepared for the published patent applications and granted patents for the inventions.

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