Plasma Coatings Limited, Aleksey Yerokhin and Allan Matthews (Patent) [2014] UKIntelP o30414 (11 July 2014)
Patent decision
BL number
O/304/14
Concerning rights in
EP (UK) 2212453
Hearing Officer
Mr A R Bushell
Decision date
11 July 2014
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Plasma Coatings Limited, Aleksey Yerokhin and Allan Matthews
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None
Summary
An uncontested application was filed by Plasma Coatings Limited under rule 10(2) of the Patents Rules 2007. As a result, it was found that Allan Matthews should be mentioned as a joint inventor along with Aleksey Yerokhin in the granted patent for the invention and directed that an addendum slip mentioning him as a joint inventor be prepared for the granted patent for the invention.