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United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Decisions >> Professor Anant Sharma and Geuder AG (Patent) [2023] UKIntelP o047823 (26 May 2023)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2023/o047823.html
Cite as: [2023] UKIntelP o47823, [2023] UKIntelP o047823

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Patent decision

BL number
O/0478/23
Concerning rights in
WO2021/098922 and DE102019217825
Hearing Officer
Mr P Thorpe
Decision date
24 May 2023
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Professor Anant Sharma and Geuder AG
Provisions discussed
Patents Act s12
Keywords
Entitlement
Related Decisions
None

Summary

Professor Sharma claimed that he was the sole inventor of the invention in two patents which related to an ophthalmological instrument for performing a hydrodissection or a hydrodelineation. As such he should be named as applicant and inventor on the two applications rather than the currently named applicant and inventors. The reference was unopposed. Even though the two applications were withdrawn, the hearing officer, on the basis of the material before him, went on to make a determination in favour of Professor Sharma.

Full decisionO/0478/23 PDF document 229Kb

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