Patent Ownership vs. Inventorship
•Inventor is one who conceived the
idea
•Owner is one who has the right to
exclude others from using the idea
•Inventors may be obligated to assign
patent rights to employer, who owns the invention
•Absent an agreement, each owner has
right to make, use, sell or offer to sell the invention without
consent of other owners and without sharing in proceeds with other
owners
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