Patent decision

BL number
O/462/14
Concerning rights in
EP (UK) 0816986
Hearing Officer
Mr A R Bushell
Decision date
27 October 2014
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Hitachi, Ltd, Munetoshi Unuma, Shiro Nonaka, Shigeru Oho, Yoshiaki Usami, Tsutomu Nishioka, Tomo Yashiki and Katsuo Tashiro
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Hitachi, Ltd under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Yoshiaki Usami, Tsutomu Nishioka, Tomo Yashiki and Katsuo Tashiro should be mentioned as joint inventors along with Munetoshi Unuma, Shiro Nonaka and Shigeru Oho in the granted patent for the invention and directed that an addendum slip mentioning them as joint inventors be prepared for the granted patent for the invention.

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