by Steve Driskill | Nov 14, 2012 | [sub] correction, Inventorship
The laches period for a § 256 correction of inventorship claim begins to run when “the omitted inventor knew or should have known of the issuance of the patent,” regardless of whether the omitted inventor knew or should have known of the omitted inventorship while the...
by Steve Driskill | Aug 22, 2012 | [sub] conception, Inventorship
For an invention conceived outside the United States, the date of conception for purposes of priority for a United States patent is the date the invention is first reported to the inventor’s agent within the United States, which may occur orally or in writing....