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Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases 2004 121(4):137-160; doi:10.1093/rpc/2004rpc6
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[2004] R.P.C. 6

HARTINGTON CONWAY LTD'S PATENT APPLICATIONS

Patent Office

(Mr Peter Hayward): November 12 and 13, 2002 and February 21, 20031

[2004] R.P.C. 62

Patent—Application—Entitlement—Inventor employee of one company but director of two sister companies—Application made in name of company not employing inventor—Whether inventor was a mere non-executive director of applicant for patent—Whether employing company had assigned right to apply for patent to applicant company—Whether assignment of right to apply for a patent must be in writing—Whether employing company estopped from denying patent application owned by applicant company.

1 Paragraph numbers in this decision are as assigned by the court.

2 An appeal from this decision to the Patents Court is reported at [2004] R.P.C. 7.


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