Patent decision

BL number

O/606/17

Concerning rights in

GB2495116

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Eaves

Decision date

29 November 2017

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Barbeques Galore (Aust) Pty Limited, Hung Mei Lien, Chih Jen Lin, Hsien Chih Chien, Stephen John Spencer and Peter Anderson

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An application was filed by Barbeques Galore (Aust) Pty Limited the patent proprietor, under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. Consent was filed by the co-proprietor Hung Mei Lien and each of those having an interest in the application with the exception of Hsien Chih Chien. Hsien Chih Chien was invited to file a counter statement in the proceedings but failed to do so. As such, the comptroller considered the application as unopposed and found that Stephen John Spencer and Peter Anderson should be mentioned as joint inventors. It was directed that an addendum slip be prepared to reflect this for the published patent application for the invention.

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