Invention dies due to wrong address
( 2003-11-28 17:22) (China Daily)
A patent owner whose
invention has hit a dead end since it was authorized by the State Intellectual
Property Bureau due to an administrative error has received 3,354.50 yuan
(US$405) in compensation, reports Beijing Times.
Wang Xiangdong applied for a patent for a kind of rolling mop in February
2001.
However, the State Intellectual Property Bureau published Wang's contact
address incorrectly in its official patent journal when it awarded the patent
rights to Wang in December of that year.
Wang believed the bureau's mistake caused his patent to flop since people who
might have been interested in his invention could not reach him.
The Beijing No 1 Intermediate Court found the bureau at fault, ordering it to
compensate him and re-publish information about Wang's patent within 30 working
days.
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