The applicant sought entitlement in the opponents international patent application which covered ideas he had disclosed and methods he had demonstrated to representatives of the opponent at a meeting prior to the filing of the application. The Hearing Officer applied the two step approach outlined in Norris, Viziball and Henry Brothers to determine the inventive concepts of the patent application and identify who was responsible for them. He found that there was joint proprietorship and sought submissions from the parties on the order covering the issue of inventorship.
Citations:
[2001] UKIntelP o41701
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Intellectual Property
Updated: 21 June 2022; Ref: scu.454382