On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Robin Uyeshiro <uyeshiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
No, the patent is assigned by the inventor to the company. The PTO just records the assignment.
This is just not correct. If the patent is assigned to the company, and the inventor leaves the company, the company still owns and controls the patent.
Yes.
I'd like to comment a bit on patent ownership/control/etc. Patents are
"assigned" by the (US) patent office, usually, these days, to the company
for whom the inventor works.
No, the patent is assigned by the inventor to the company. The PTO just records the assignment.
"Ownership" is not a term used. "Control" can
be problematic, if the inventor changes employment. If you invent something
for which a patent is issued and assigned to your company, then you change
employment, then neither you nor the company you currently work for
"control" that patent.
This is just not correct. If the patent is assigned to the company, and the inventor leaves the company, the company still owns and controls the patent.
But you should probably still disclose the patent.
Yes.