Patent decision

BL number
O/350/10
Concerning rights in
GB0905015.4
Hearing Officer
Mrs S Williams
Decision date
14 October 2010
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Steven McLellan, Distribuidora Internacional de Medicamentos y Equipo Medico, S.A. de C.V., Richard Paul Hayes-Pankhurst, Graham Keith Lacy, Julian Francis Ralph Swan
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Steven McLellan under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that he should be mentioned as a joint inventor in the published patent application along with Richard Paul Hayes-Pankhurst, Graham Keith Lacy and Julian Francis Ralph Swan, and directed that an addendum slip mentioning him as a joint inventor be prepared for the published patent application.

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