1 October 2011Jurisdiction reportsPaul J. Sutton

Proper patent inventorship

It is not unusual for true inventors to be left off patents and for non-inventors to be named. Sometimes, this error is intentional and may involve personalities and/ or politics within organisations. This article seeks to clarify this issue so that the reader is able to properly apply US patent law when dealing with inventorship.

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