J 0008/82 (Designation of inventors) of 08.11.1983
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1983:J000882.19831108
- Date of decision
- 8 November 1983
- Case number
- J 0008/82
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 81302677.0
- IPC class
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- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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- Decision in English
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- Application title
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- Applicant name
- Fujitsu
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.1.01
- Headnote
I. Rule 19(1) EPC requires consent to the rectification of a designation of inventor to be given by a "wrongly designated" person. A person already named whose name is not to be cancelled from the designation is not a "wrongly designated" person within the meaning of the Rule and his consent to the addition of the name of another person is not required.
II. If a request to amend the designation of inventors is made at an early stage during the period in which the Receiving Section is still responsible for examination of the European patent application as to formal requirements and for publication of the application, the Receiving Section is obliged to make a decision concerning the request and remains competent to issue its decision even after responsibility for the further examination of the application has passed to the Examining Division.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 16 1973European Patent Convention Art 20 1973European Patent Convention Art 62 1973European Patent Convention Art 81 1973European Patent Convention R 19(1) 1973European Patent Convention R 42(1) 1973VCLT
- Keywords
- Designation of inventors
Rectification of designation of inventors
Rectification/Responsibilities of Receiving Section and Legal Division - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons, it is decided that:
1. The Decision of the Receiving Section of the European Patent Office dated 22 February 1982 is set aside.
2. The designation of inventors filed in respect of European patent application No. 81302677.0 shall be amended in accordance with the request filed by the appellants on 28 September 1981.
3. The request for reimbursement of the appeal fee is rejected.