Patent decision

BL number

O/314/08

Concerning rights in

GB2409503

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Williams

Decision date

26 November 2008

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Beertech UK Limited, Dennis James Jolley, Irene Margaret Comerford and Narendra Patel

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1) and 13(3)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Beertech UK Limited originally under section 13(1) of the Patents Act 1977 though the application was subsequently taken as filed under rule 10(2) of the Patent Rules 2007. An uncontested application was also filed by Beertech UK Limited under section 13(3). It was found that Narendra Patel should be mentioned as sole inventor in relation to the published patent application and granted patent for the invention. The decision serves as a certificate, issued in accordance with section 13(3), to the effect that Dennis James Jolley and Irene Margaret Comerford should not have been mentioned as inventors in the published patent application and granted patent for the invention.

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