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> and the inventor list should shrink. It rarely does. The thing is there is literally no downside to adding people (assuming they have an assignment clause o
by ska 3y ago
> and the inventor list should shrink. It rarely does.
The thing is there is literally no downside to adding people (assuming they have an assignment clause of some sort) but missing someone can cause problems later.
So it's a pretty obvious alignment to incentives.
- bane 3y agoI've dealt with this before. We had a prior employee who stole a team's work and filed it himself. When it was discovered it raised a ruckus and it turns out you really can't "drop" a person from a patent without invalidating it, but they were able to amend it to get the team added back. So now they share credit.
- AlbertCory 3y agoI recall questions on the Patent Bar study guide about "death of the inventor" and "uncooperative inventor." It's all covered, but I don't recall how.