回复：patent dispute

keep all the record of your involvement in this project, including your written report, computer files and the dates of the computer files. For example, open your file folder, on each file in the folder, there are information including date, author and size etc. Print that page out directly from your computer screen. The print-out is admissible in the court and PTO.

If it's your technology, you have nothing to worry about. You are an inventor, period. The patent agent (no, he is not an attorney) would be crazy to remove you if he knew perfectly that you are the orginial inventor. And the patent could be easily challenged/invalidated based on faulty inventorship. But, it all comes down to the record. So, keep a good record. Tell the patent attorney (not the agent) that you are an inventor. At the same time, you can always stick it to their face -- find a third party who are interested in the technology, and tell them, if they don't back off, you will assign your rights to the third party (every inventor has the equal right no matter how big/small the contribution is). At least, threaten to do so.

Hope this helps.

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• Very helpful suggestion, thank you so much. -chuppie- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2006 postreply 15:00:21

• one more question -chuppie- ♂ (33 bytes) () 06/23/2006 postreply 08:05:30

• 回复：one more question -why-why- ♀ (190 bytes) () 06/24/2006 postreply 15:43:19

• 回复：one more question -why-why- ♀ (190 bytes) () 06/24/2006 postreply 15:44:08