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Richard Munday v RPL Industries Pty Ltd [2001] UKIntelP o07401 (14 February 2001)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/074/01
Concerning rights in
EP application 93917457.9 and related patents and patent applications
Hearing Officer
Mr S N Dennehey
Decision date
14 February 2001
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Richard Munday v RPL Industries Pty Ltd
Provisions discussed
PA 1977 sections 12 and 13
Keywords
Entitlement, Inventorship
Related Decisions
None

Summary

After hearing evidence and argument on the matter, including cross-examination, the Hearing Officer found that Russell Long was the deviser of the concept of a padlock in which the body has at least at one end a formation which progressively reduces in cross-sectional dimension (the so-called 'conical top'), and accordingly that entitlement in this concept belonged to the defendant, RPL. He also noted that it was not in dispute that the concept of using a circlip to retain an outer body part of a padlock rotatably on an inner body part was devised by the claimant, Richard Munday, and that he is entitled to it. Costs were awarded in favour of RPL.


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