Patent decision

BL number

O/0071/23

Concerning rights in

GB2570761

Hearing Officer

Mrs J Roberts

Decision date

24 January 2023

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Creavo Medical Technologies Limited, Richard Theodore Grant, Michal Smalera, Benjamin Thomas Hornsby Varcoe, David Ian Watson and Shima Ghasemi Roudsari

Provisions discussed

Patents Act 1977, S13(1)

Keywords

Inventorship

Related Decisions

None

Summary

An application under rule 10(2) of the Patent Rules 2007

was filed by Creavo Medical Technologies Limited to

mention Michal Smalera, Benjamin Thomas Hornsby

Varcoe, David Ian Watson and Shima Ghasemi

Roudsari as joint inventors along with Richard Theodore

Grant

Michal Smalera, Benjamin Thomas Hornsby Varcoe,

David Ian Watson and Shima Ghasemi Roudsari filed

written consent in support of the application. The patent

proprietor was unable to obtain written consent from the

named inventor, Richard Theodore Grant. In the

absence of consent from Richard Theodore Grant, the

Office wrote to them allowing them a period of six weeks

to file a counter-statement should they wish to oppose

the application. No response was received.

As such, the comptroller considered the application to

be unopposed and found that Michal Smalera, Benjamin

Thomas Hornsby Varcoe, David Ian Watson and Shima

Ghasemi Roudsari should be mentioned as joint

inventors along with Richard Theodore Grant in the

published patent application and the granted patent for

the invention and directed that an addendum slip

mentioning Michal Smalera, Benjamin Thomas Hornsby

Varcoe, David Ian Watson and Shima Ghasemi

Roudsari as joint inventors be prepared for the

published patent application and the granted patent for

the invention.

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