Post by thread:Who gets the patent?

If he had the idea and you did the work, your name should be on the patent as well as his as co-inventor. I've got my name on three patent applications that way. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Author: spam_OUToptoengTakeThisOuTWHIDBEY.COM at internet Date: 1/8/97 1:15 PM ...... (Relative to the > thread on intellectual property - this other guy had the idea, I did > the work, he got the patent. What's wrong with this picture?) > > -- > Bob Fehrenbach Wauwatosa, WI .....bfehrenbKILLspam@spam@execpc.com Absolutely nothing. There are different reward systems for different kinds of effort -- Paul Mathews, consulting engineer AEngineering Co. optoengKILLspamwhidbey.com non-contact sensing and optoelectronics specialists

> If he had the idea and you did the work, your name should be on the > patent as well as his as co-inventor. I've got my name on three > patent applications that way. "Should"? This is far too strong a word. Did Bob work under the close direction of the inventor, or, during the process of doing the work, did Bob make a significant original contribution to the invention? ___Bob

Robert Lunn <.....robertKILLspam.....RDD.NECA.NEC.COM.AU> wrote: >> If he had the idea and you did the work, your name should be on the >> patent as well as his as co-inventor. I've got my name on three >> patent applications that way. > > "Should"? > > This is far too strong a word. Did Bob work under the close > direction of the inventor, or, during the process of doing the > work, did Bob make a significant original contribution to the > invention? My software was terrific :-) -- Bob Fehrenbach Wauwatosa, WI EraseMEbfehrenbspam_OUTTakeThisOuTexecpc.com

In a message dated 97-01-08 16:56:48 EST, you write: > If he had the idea and you did the work, your name should be on the > patent as well as his as co-inventor. I've got my name on three > patent applications that way. This is a perfect way to invalidate a patent!!! Only people who contribute to the novel IDEA should be named as inventors. If taken to court, someone only has to prove that anyone on the patent is not a co-inventor or that a real co-inventor is not listed in order to invalidate the patent and put the idea into the public domain. I am not a lawyer but have been avised of this by lawyers during filing of several of my patents. Mark A. Corio Rochester MicroSystems, Inc. 200 Buell Road, Suite 9 Rochester, NY 14624 Tel: (716) 328-5850 --- Fax: (716) 328-1144 http://www.frontiernet.net/~rmi/ ***** Designing Electronics For Research & Industry *****

At 10:25 AM 1/9/97, Mark A. Corio wrote: >In a message dated 97-01-08 16:56:48 EST, you write: > >> If he had the idea and you did the work, your name should be on the >> patent as well as his as co-inventor. I've got my name on three >> patent applications that way. > >This is a perfect way to invalidate a patent!!! >Only people who contribute to the novel IDEA should be named as inventors. >If taken to court, someone only has to prove that anyone on the patent is not >a co-inventor or that a real co-inventor is not listed in order to invalidate >the patent and put the idea into the public domain. I am not a lawyer but >have been avised of this by lawyers during filing of several of my patents. Yes this might be true but co-inventing a patent and actually implementing the idea are to different things.

In a message dated 97-01-09 11:04:49 EST, you write: >Yes this might be true but co-inventing a patent and actually implementing >the idea are to different things. This is my point exactly.....implementation is not the patentable thing (therefore not co-inventor eligible), only idea generation is patentable. Mark A. Corio Rochester MicroSystems, Inc. 200 Buell Road, Suite 9 Rochester, NY 14624 Tel: (716) 328-5850 --- Fax: (716) 328-1144 http://www.frontiernet.net/~rmi/ ***** Designing Electronics For Research & Industry *****