5.2 Waiver of right to be mentioned as inventor 

Inventors designated by the applicant may send the EPO a written waiver of their right to be mentioned as inventor in the published European patent application and the European patent specification. If it is received in time, their name is not mentioned in the published European patent application, the European patent specification, the European Patent Register (Rule 143(1)(g)) and, consequently, the European Patent Bulletin. Moreover, in accordance with Rule 144(c), the designation of the inventor as well as the waiver is then excluded from file inspection under Art. 128(4). If the waiver is received after the publication of the European patent application, the mention of the inventor will be removed in the European Patent Register.