E.V. Offshore Limited, Jonathan Thursby, Shaun Peck and Chris Jay (Patent) [2014] UKIntelP o26014 (10 June 2014)
Patent decision
BL number
O/260/14
Concerning rights in
GB 1212624.9
Hearing Officer
Mr A R Bushell
Decision date
10 June 2014
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
E.V. Offshore Limited, Jonathan Thursby, Shaun Peck and Chris Jay
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None
Summary
An uncontested application was filed by the proprietor E.V. Offshore Limited under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Shaun Peck and Chris Jay should be mentioned as joint inventors along with Jonathan Thursby in the published patent application for the invention and directed that an addendum slip mentioning them as joint inventors be prepared for the published patent application and forthcoming granted patent for the invention.