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It appears that Whittingham did his work at Exxon, and Yoshino did his at Asahi Kasei. So both were at industrial research labs when they did the Nobel prize-wi
by Merrill 7y ago
It appears that Whittingham did his work at Exxon, and Yoshino did his at Asahi Kasei. So both were at industrial research labs when they did the Nobel prize-winning work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Stanley_Whittingham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Stanley_Whittingham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Yoshino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Yoshino
- MichaelApproved 7y agoHow does the prize money work in relation to the employer? If they did the work as part of their employment, would the employer have a claim to that money?
- BurningFrog 7y agoThis is an individual prize unrelated to "intellectual property".
- ajross 7y agoIt's certainly not impossible that you could have an employment contract where the employee agrees to assign rights to stuff like prize money to the employer. I'd be shocked beyond belief if such a contract existed here though.
- ceejayoz 7y ago> I'd be shocked beyond belief if such a contract existed here though. Even if it existed, the PR backlash of "Exxon steals Nobel Prize from scientist" would probably prevent its enforcement.