Patent decision
- BL number
- O/182/06
- Concerning rights in
- GB2321642
- Hearing Officer
- Mrs S Williams
- Decision date
- 28 June 2006
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Geron Corporation, Thomas Cech, Joachim Lingner, Toru Nakamura, Karen Chapman, Gregg Morin, Clavin Harley and William Andrews
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 section 13(3)
- Keywords
- Inventorship
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
Following an uncontested application filed under section 13(3) by HLBBshaw, patent attorney for the patent proprietor Geron Corporation, the comptroller found that Thomas Cech, Joachim Lingner, Toru Nakamura, Karen Chapman and Calvin Harley should not have been mentioned as joint inventors in the granted patent. The decision serves as a certificate to this effect. The comptroller also directed that an addendum slip be prepared stating that the aforementioned should not have been mentioned as joint inventors.
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