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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