Patent decision

BL number

O/277/02

Concerning rights in

PCT/US99/06438

Hearing Officer

Mr P Hayward

Decision date

17 July 2002

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Oliver Jevons v Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Provisions discussed

PA.1977 sections 12(1), 13(1), 13(3)

Keywords

Entitlement, Inventorship, Orders

Related Decisions

O/417/01, O/483/01, O/220/02

Summary

In the decision of 15 May 2002 the Hearing Officer had made a number of rulings on what the order concerning entitlement to PCT/US99/06438 should contain and was only able to finalise the order when he had received further submissions from the parties. Once the submissions, which covered responsibility for future prosecution, handling of prosecution costs, dispute settlement mechanisms, and the impact of infringement or revocation and the non-payment of renewal fees, were received the Hearing Officer was able to finalise the order and determine the issue of costs in a Final Decision and Order.

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