Patent decision

BL number

O/140/10

Concerning rights in

GB2448973

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Williams

Decision date

10 May 2010

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

BPB Limited, Samantha O’Keefe, Cedric Biguenet, Agnes Smith and Thierry Chotard

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by BPB Limited. As a result, it was found that Agnes Smith and Thierry Chotard should be mentioned as joint inventors in the published patent application and granted patent for the invention along with the currently named inventors, Samantha O’Keefe and Cedric Biguenet. It was also directed that an addendum slip mentioning Agnes Smith and Thierry Chotard as joint inventors be prepared for the published patent application and granted patent for the invention.

Full decision O/140/10 55Kb