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Birtles, Lovatt Evode Ltd v Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company [2000] UKIntelP o45200 (4 December 2000)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/452/00
- Concerning rights in
- GB2282144, EP0638392
- Hearing Officer
- Mr G M Bridges
- Decision date
- 4 December 2000
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Birtles, Lovatt & Evode Ltd v Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 sections 12, 13, 37
- Keywords
- Entitlement, Inventorship
- Related Decisions
- [2000] UKIntelP o23700
Summary
Final decision In an action in respect of Evode against 3M, the contribution of Messrs Birtles and Lovatt who were employees of Evode was held to be enough for them to be named as joint inventors and, accordingly, a finding of co-proprietorship between 3M and Evode was established. After the issue of an interim decision to allow for submissions having regard, inter alia, to the potentially restrictive provisions involving co-proprietorship as set out in section 36(3), simple joint proprietorship was in the event decided