Patent decision

BL number

O/232/11

Concerning rights in

EP 1910466

Hearing Officer

Mr A R Bushell

Decision date

30 June 2011

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Marcus David Shelby, Eastman Chemical Company, Wesley Raymond Hale, Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Mark Edward Stewart, Martin Emerson Rogers, Spencer Allen Gilliam, Michael Duane Cliffton, Emmett Dudley Crawford, David Scott Porter and Gary Wayne Connell

Provisions discussed

PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An uncontested application was filed by Eastman Chemical Company under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Marcus David Shelby should be mentioned as a joint inventor along with Wesley Raymond Hale, Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Mark Edward Stewart, Martin Emerson Rogers, Spencer Allen Gilliam, Michael Duane Cliffton, Emmett Dudley Crawford, David Scott Porter and Gary Wayne Connell in the granted patent for the invention and directed that an addendum slip mentioning him as a joint inventor be prepared for the granted patent for the invention.

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