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Simon Bibby Bernard Ward [2007] UKIntelP o19507 (19 July 2007)
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Patent decision
- BL number
- O/195/07
- Concerning rights in
- GB 2402821 B
- Hearing Officer
- Mr S Probert
- Decision date
- 19 July 2007
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- Simon Bibby & Bernard Ward
- Provisions discussed
- PA Act 1977 Sections 13, 37, 72
- Keywords
- Entitlement, Inventorship, Revocation
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
This was an entitlement dispute over a patent, between the two (joint) proprietors and inventors. Before the entitlement and inventorship issues reached a hearing, one of the joint-proprietors applied to revoke the patent, and the other joint-proprietor chose not to defend the patent.
The patent was therefore revoked for want of defence on grounds of invalidity and insufficiency. With no bone to fight over, the entitlement and inventorship proceedings abated.