13 Compensation
There are two different categories of inventors. In one group are those inventors who have been employed to do product development. In that situation, any patent having to do with the company’s business must be assigned to the employer. This is true even if the invention was purposely made away from the inventor’s place of business. The rationale is that the invention resulted from or at least was influenced by information acquired on the job. Many employers have engineering personnel sign a statement acknowledging the company’s rights in this matter but even in the absence of such an agreement the courts have held that accepting a salary from the employer gives an implied contract.
In fact, if you make an invention which has ...
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