Patent decision

BL number

O/199/09

Concerning rights in

EP(UK)1785611

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Williams

Decision date

10 July 2009

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co Kg, Thomas Kritzinger, Markus Hochmayr and Herbert Poelz

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by the patent proprietor BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co Kg under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Thomas Kritzinger should be mentioned as a joint inventor along with Markus Hochmayr and Herbert Poelz, in the granted EP (UK) patent and directed, in accordance with rule 10(1), that an addendum slip mentioning him as a joint inventor be prepared for the granted patent for the invention.

Full decision O/199/09 18Kb