Patent decision

BL number
O/194/08
Concerning rights in
GB2410620
Hearing Officer
Mrs S Williams
Decision date
7 July 2008
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
World Properties Inc, Sankar K. Paul, Luis D. Borges and Allen F. Horn III, Murali Sethumadhavan, Richard T Traskos and Michael E St Lawrence
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Sankar K. Paul, Luis D. Borges and Allen F. Horn III, originally under section 13(1) of the Patents Act 1977 though the application was subsequently taken as filed under rule 10(2) of the patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Sankar K. Paul, Luis D. Borges and Allen F. Horn III should also be mentioned as joint inventors in the granted patent for the invention. The comptroller directed that an addendum slip mentioning them as joint inventors be prepared for the published patent application and granted patent for the invention.

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