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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I think that an employee agreement should include an obligation to sign documents in the future, including any required to perfect intellectual property rights.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BUT, I they cannot pre-sign a declaration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Look at
<a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/37/1.63">37 CFR 1.63</a> (assuming you file the declaration with an application data sheet ADS).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Under 1.63(2), you cannot identify the application until it has been prepared ("attached hereto") or filed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Under 1.63(3) you cannot say anything about the "claimed invention" if there are no claims.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">And, even if you finesse those two requirements,
<u>1.63(c) will get you</u>. The inventor cannot sign a declaration until the application exists, otherwise how can they swear that they have "<b><i><u>reviewed and understands the contents of the application, including the claims</u></i></b>, as required
by 1.63(c).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I often wonder how anyone can pre-assign non-existing inventions (<i>I agree to assign and
<u>do hereby assign</u> . [a not yet existing invention</i>]. But you cant do the same for declarations (you cant have the do hereby swear for a declaration for something that does not yet exist). Others will chime in here, Im sure.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Patentpractice Patentpractice <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Patentpractice Patentpractice <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 11:18 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Patentpractice Patentpractice <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"Allen Richter (allenr@richterpatent.com)" <allenr@richterpatent.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Patentpractice] "advance" Inventor Declaration in Employment Contracts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#404040">Dear all,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#404040"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#404040">Employees sometimes refuse to sign assignments, in which case an employment contract stating that all future inventions are hereby assigned to the employer, may be of help.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#404040"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#404040">In rare cases inventors refuse to sign inventor declarations. Would it make sense/ eventually be helpful to have advance Inventor Declaration clause in an employment contract?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#404040"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#404040">Allen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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