Patent decision

BL number

O/120/15

Concerning rights in

GB 2501940

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Eaves

Decision date

24 March 2015

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Robert Timothy Gros, Dr Peter Vincent Smallwood and Jonathan Hibbard

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 Dr Peter Vincent Smallwood to mention Dr Peter Vincent Smallwood and Jonathan Hibbard as joint inventors. Robert Timothy Gros, the patent proprietor and Jonathan Hibbard were invited to file a counterstatement in relation to the proceedings. Robert Timothy Gros filed written consent in support of the application. No response was received from Jonathan Hibbard. As such, the comptroller considered the application to be unopposed and found that Dr Peter Vincent Smallwood and Jonathan Hibbard should be mentioned as joint inventors along with Robert Timothy Gros in the published patent application and granted patent for the invention and directed that an addendum slip mentioning Dr Peter Vincent Smallwood and Jonathan Hibbard as joint inventors be prepared for the published patent application and granted patent for the invention.

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