John, Thanks for the explanation. I appreciate it.
Scott ford www.identityforge.com Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Jan 11, 2013, at 6:28 PM, John Gilmore <[email protected]> wrote: > Scott, > > Patents must always issued to a human person or group of them, not to > a corporation or the like. IBM employees, Google employees, Widget > Manufacturing Company employees, etc., etc., who are employed to do > research and development assign the rights to patents issued to them > to their employers under the terms of their employment > contracts/agreements. Ordinarily, an employee [and in some > circumstances an ex-employee] is required to pursue patent > applications (at his/her employer's expense). > > Some ISV development employees in fact work under such contracts. > > John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
