US jurisdiction report: Patent inventorship errors
It is the patent attorney, or patent agent, who is responsible for correctly and properly identifying in the patent application the name(s) of all true inventors of the technology sought to be patented. It resides with the honest judgement of the patent attorney—not the owner of the patent rights, nor the supervisor on the project that yields inventions, nor the dominating personality of any individual or individuals who by virtue of internal political pressure actually implement any inventions that result from projects.
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1 September 2020 The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has concluded that a Massachusetts court was wrong to find that automation company Egenera couldn’t re-add an inventor to its patent after Cisco had the patent invalidated.