If you contributed, you have to be named as an inventor. This is quite distinct from whether the submission is actually patentable. If you didn't think it was,

If you contributed, you have to be named as an inventor. This is quite distinct from whether the submission is actually patentable. If you didn't think it was, you are able to file to bring the prior art to the attention of the examiner. (Again: I am not lawyer.) (Edit: I defer to the comment from patentatt)