Patent decision

BL number
O/195/07
Concerning rights in
GB2402821B
Hearing Officer
Mr S Probert
Decision date
19 July 2007
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Simon Bibby & Bernard Ward
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Sections 13, 37, 72
Keywords
Entitlement, Inventorship, Revocation
Related Decisions
None

Summary

This was an entitlement dispute over a patent, between the two (joint) proprietors and inventors. Before the entitlement and inventorship issues reached a hearing, one of the joint-proprietors applied to revoke the patent, and the other joint-proprietor chose not to defend the patent.

The patent was therefore revoked for want of defence on grounds of invalidity and insufficiency. With no bone to fight over, the entitlement and inventorship proceedings abated.

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