ValidSoft UK Limited, John Petersen, Patrick Carroll, Jon Alford and Zdenek Kalenda (Patent) [2014] UKIntelP o07714 (13 February 2014)
Patent decision
BL number
O/077/14
Concerning rights in
GB 2494920
Hearing Officer
Mr A R Bushell
Decision date
13 February 2014
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
ValidSoft UK Limited, John Petersen, Patrick Carroll, Jon Alford and Zdenek Kalenda
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None
Summary
An uncontested application was filed by the proprietor ValidSoft UK Limited under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Zdenek Kalenda should be mentioned as a joint inventor along with John Petersen, Patrick Carroll and Jon Alford in the published patent application and granted patent for the invention and directed that an addendum slip mentioning him as a joint inventor be prepared for the published patent application and granted patent for the invention.