Patent decision

BL number

O/0076/23

Concerning rights in

EP3452843

Hearing Officer

Mr H Walker

Decision date

25 January 2023

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Otto-Von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Enrico Pannicke, Klemens Opfermann, Bennet Hensen

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977, S13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An application under rule 10(2) of the Patent Rules 2007

was filed by Otto-Von-Guericke-Universität

Magdeburg to mention Bennet Hensen as a joint inventor

along with Enrico Pannicke and Klemens Opfermann.

Otto-Von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg,

Bennet Hensen, Enrico Pannicke and Klemens Opfermann

filed written consent in support of the application. As such, the

comptroller considered the application to be unopposed and

found that Bennet Hensen should be mentioned as a joint

inventor along with Enrico Pannicke and Klemens Opfermann

in the granted patent for the invention and directed that an

addendum slip mentioning Bennet Hensen as a joint inventor

be prepared for the granted patent for the invention.

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