The front page of every patent lists the person or people responsible for inventing the patented idea. When the invention is made by a single person, inventorship is straightforward –.
The Federal Circuit has reversed the District of Delaware's ruling that added an inventor to a patent. The Federal Circuit found that the contribution by the added inventor was not significant.
The Federal Circuit has reversed the District of Delaware’s ruling that added an inventor to a patent. The Federal Circuit found that the contribution by the added inventor was not.
How do you take a case about patent inventorship and make it better? Add bacon. The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Food Corp., 66 F.4th 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2023).
CAFC, on May 2, 2023, reversed the Delaware District Court's decision in HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corp., that David Howard of Unitherm should be added as a joint inventor on US 9,980,498 (herein, the ‘498 patent), …