Patent decision

BL number
O/467/17
Concerning rights in
EP2736804
Hearing Officer
Mrs S Eaves
Decision date
29 September 2017
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Learjet Inc., Short Brothers Plc, James D. Hawkins, Harris Butler and Mihalis Veletas
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Learjet Inc., and Short Brothers Plc, the patent proprietors, under rule 10(2) of the Patent Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that James D Hawkins should be mentioned as joint inventor along with Harris Butler and Mihalis Veletas.

It was also directed that an addendum slip be prepared to reflect this for the granted patent for the invention.

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