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> And for each plateau achieved, IBM would pay its inventors $1,200 in recognition of their efforts. After taxes, this is a pretty small amount. With paltry re
by bequanna 3y ago
> And for each plateau achieved, IBM would pay its inventors $1,200 in recognition of their efforts.
After taxes, this is a pretty small amount. With paltry rewards like that, I wonder if employees even cared much about this program.
- robertlagrant 3y agoI wonder if they set up agreements whereby people would add each other to patents, like a webring. So you only had to really do 1 in 5 of your named patents and you'd all get $10k+.
- madcaptenor 3y agoMy employer pays a patent bonus (I forget the exact number). They'll pay $X per inventor for up to three inventors but only $3X/n for n inventors if n > 3.