Patent decision

BL number

O/471/12

Concerning rights in

GB2456598

Hearing Officer

Mr A R Bushell

Decision date

27 November 2012

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Lancer GB LLP, Paul Haskayne, Robert Walter Shettle

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(3)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

As a result of an uncontested application filed under section 13(3) by Lancer GB LLP, the comptroller found that Paul Haskayne should not have been mentioned as a joint inventor in the published patent application or granted patent for this invention. The decision serves as a certificate to this effect. The comptroller also directed that an addendum slip be prepared for the published patent application and granted patent stating that Paul Haskayne should not have been mentioned as a joint inventor.

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