Regulation 17

that he ought to have been mentioned as the inventor or joint inventor of an invention in any patent granted or published application for a patent for the invention; or

that any person mentioned as sole or joint inventor in any patent granted or published application for a patent for the invention ought not to have been so mentioned,shall be made on Patents Form 7 and shall be accompanied by a statement setting out fully the facts relied upon.

every person registered as proprietor of, or applicant for, the patent (other than the applicant under section 24 himself);

every person who has been identified in the application for the patent or a statement filed under section 24(2)(a) as being, or being believed to be, the inventor or joint inventor of the invention; and

every other person whose interests the Registrar considers may be affected by the application.

within 2 months after the date of the Registrar’s letter forwarding such copies to him, file a notice of opposition on Patents Form 58 setting out fully the grounds of his opposition; and

at the time the notice of opposition is filed, serve a copy of the notice of opposition on every person referred to in paragraph (1) or (2)(a), (b) or (c) who is not a party to the notice of opposition.