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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