Patent decision

BL number

O/402/01

Concerning rights in

CA 2177488 US 08/652433

Hearing Officer

Mrs S Williams

Decision date

13 September 2001

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

British Telecommunications Public Limited Company

Provisions discussed

PA 1977 Section 12(1)(a)

Keywords

Entitlement

Related Decisions

None

Summary

In an uncontested decision concerning a reference made under section 12(1)(a), the Comptroller authorised Simon Roberts, the Head of Intellectual Property at BT, to sign on behalf of Dr Jacob Yadegar a declaration and power of attorney permitting the American Firm of Nixon and Vanderhye to prosecute each of the US patent applications; an assignment of US rights to BT in respect of each of the US patent application(s), and an assignment of Canadian rights to BT in respect of each of the Canadian patent application(s), in the form in which these documents were provided to the Patent Office.

Full decision O/402/01 11Kb