Robert Bosch GmbH, Ulrich Bohne, Eugen Hild, Heiko Roehm, Klaus Baumgartner and Daniel Dockner (Patent) [2013] UKIntelP o03013 (21 January 2013)
Patent decision
BL number
O/030/13
Concerning rights in
GB2395460
Hearing Officer
Mr A R Bushell
Decision date
21 January 2013
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Robert Bosch GmbH, Ulrich Bohne, Eugen Hild, Heiko Roehm, Klaus Baumgartner and Daniel Dockner
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(3)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None
Summary
Application under section 13(3) was filed by Robert Bosch GmbH to remove Klaus Baumgartner and Daniel Dockner as joint inventors. Ulrich Bohne, Eugen Hild, Heiko Roehm, Klaus Baumgartner and Daniel Dockner were invited to file counter-statements in relation to the proceedings but failed to do so. As such, the comptroller considered the application to be unopposed and found that both Klaus Baumgartner and Daniel Dockner should be removed as joint inventors in the published patent application and granted patent for GB2395460. The comptroller also directed that an addendum slip be prepared removing Klaus Baumgartner and Daniel Dockner as joint inventors for the published patent application and granted patents for the invention.