Patent decision

BL number

O/229/09

Concerning rights in

GB2440765

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Williams

Decision date

30 July 2009

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Hitachi Ltd, Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency, Mitsuyosi Fukuda, Takahito Matsuki and others

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Hitachi Ltd and the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency. As a result, it was found that Mitsuyosi Fukuda and Takahito Matsuki should be mentioned as joint inventors in the published patent application and granted patent for the invention and 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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