Waterco Limited, Pradeep Kumar Tandon and Kenneth Cleine (Patent) [2015] UKIntelP o15415 (8 April 2015)
Patent decision
BL number
O/154/15
Concerning rights in
EP2170522
Hearing Officer
Mrs S Eaves
Decision date
8 April 2015
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Waterco Limited, Pradeep Kumar Tandon and Kenneth Cleine
Provisions discussed
PA Act 1977 Section 13(1)
Keywords
Inventorship
Related Decisions
None
Summary
An application under rule 10(2) of the Patent Rules 2007 was filed by Waterco Limited to mention Kenneth Cleine as a joint inventor along with Pradeep Kumar Tandon. Pradeep Kumar Tandon and Kenneth Cleine subsequently filed written consent in support of the application. As such, the comptroller considered the application to be unopposed and found that Kenneth Cleine should be mentioned as a joint inventor along with Pradeep Kumar Tandon in the granted patent for the invention and directed that an addendum slip mentioning Kenneth Cleine as a joint inventor be prepared for the granted patent for the invention.