Patent decision

BL number

O/501/12

Concerning rights in

EP 1473433

Hearing Officer

Mr A R Bushell

Decision date

18 December 2012

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

National-Oilwell, L.P, Baldwin Zahn, Bryan Kainer and Kam Konduc

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by National-Oilwell L.P. under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Kam Konduc should be mentioned as a joint inventor along with Baldwin Zahn and Bryan Kainer 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.

Full decision O/501/12 31Kb