Patent decision

BL number

O/273/11

Concerning rights in

EP (UK) 2056569

Hearing Officer

Mr A R Bushell

Decision date

5 August 2011

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Research in Motion Limited, Ken Whatmough, John Paul Hayman, Kristopher Braun and David Tapuska

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

Application under section 13(1) was filed by Research in Motion to mention David Tapuska as a joint inventor. Two of the current inventors Ken Whatmough and John Paul Hayman gave consent to this application but the proprietor was unable to gain the consent of Kristopher Braun. Mr Braun was therefore invited to file a counter-statement in relation to the proceedings but failed to do so. As such, the comptroller considered the application to be unopposed and found that David Tapuska should be mentioned as joint inventor in the published patent application for the invention. The comptroller also directed that an addendum slip be prepared mentioning David Tapuska as joint inventor for the granted patent for the invention.

Full decision O/273/11 24Kb