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    <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">My issue is the attorney
      should not be putting on their "inventor" hat at all.  If they see
      an extension/improvement, they should put on their "interrogator"
      hat and do their damnedest to get the inventor to acknowledge that
      is part of their invention.  I have done that and it may have been
      easier to pull teeth, but eventually they come around.  If they
      won't and are adamant, then that is not their invention and that
      is what you have been hired to protect - not the lawyer's
      invention based upon their client's.  Again, the difference is
      highlighted with my example below.  If the lawyer knows of a
      trivial or straightforward substitution that is not really
      inventive (e.g., merely replacing a mechanical part with the
      electrical equivalent or vice versa, or certain software with its
      hardware circuit equivalent or vice versa) that is O.K. and what
      the lawyer is hired to apply their technical skills to do.<br>
      <br>
      I realize that there is an in-between grey zone where the
      delineation between lawyer and inventor is not entirely clear -
      and different lawyers will use different dividing lines
      therewithin, but I try my damnedest to find a line that I can live
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      grey zone</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">, and
      can ethically defend while doing right by the client, and stay on
      what I perceive to be the non-inventor side of that line.<br>
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</style><span class="c1"><strong>Richard Straussman</strong></span><span
        class="c3"><span class="c2"><strong><br>
          </strong></span> </span><strong><span class="c4">Senior
          Counsel</span><span class="c5"><strong><br>
          </strong></span> <span class="c6">Registered Patent Attorney</span><span
          class="c5"><br>
        </span></strong> <span class="c6">Member NY, NJ &amp; CT Bars</span><span
        class="c5"><br>
      </span> <span class="c7"><strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . .</strong></span>
      <span class="c8"></span> <span class="c5"><br>
      </span> <span class="c9"><strong>Weitzman Law Offices, LLC</strong></span><span
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/10/2024 1:22 PM, David Boundy
      wrote:<br>
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        <div>I disagree with Richard.  <i>Solomon</i> doesn't come
          right out and say it, but it's there a millimeter below the
          surface -- the client hires the whole lawyer, not just part,
          not the lawyer with the technological brain hemisphere
          removed.  <a
href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3060703343000303777"
            moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3060703343000303777</a>  
          If you as the technologically trained lawyer see an
          improvement, disclose it, and claim it.  I would not name
          myself inventor, but others could take a different view.</div>
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        <div>I think <i>Solomon</i> says clearly that there's no
          obligation to name yourself as an inventor.  What more do you
          (Mr Strassman) need?<br>
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        <div>The problems with naming yourself inventor are --</div>
        <div>    (a) it's almost certain to lead to a waiver of
          privilege</div>
        <div>    (b) your likelihood of being deposed goes from very
          low, only if there's already a plausibel basis for inequitable
          conduct, to certain.  And once you're in the hot seat, there
          are very few limits on what you can be asked.</div>
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        <div>Weigh those two risks against -- what advantage?<br>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at
          12:40\u202fPM Richard Straussman via Patentpractice &lt;<a
            href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com"
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          wrote:<br>
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          <div> <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If the
              Inventor's answer after trying to get recognition in
              multiple ways (and not surprisingly, given his background)
              answered, "Do you envision that this could be \u2026 ?" would
              have been "Heck no. Never in a million years!"  Then, in
              my view, that should have been the end of it.  The
              attorney should not have contributed that entirely
              different innovation.  I agree that would be true
              inventing and well outside of the attorney's role.  <br>
              <br>
              That is in sharp contrast to a circumstance where, for
              example, a part is linearly moved by a mechanical actuator
              and the inventor (who knows nothing about electronics) is
              asked whether a solenoid could be used in place of the
              mechanical movement, but the attorney knows they are
              interchangeable and it is a trivial, non-inventive, swap. 
              Irrespective of what the inventor says, I would include
              the solenoid, or state something like, "while the linear
              actuator is shown as a mechanical device, the important
              aspect is the linear movement, not the device used to
              supply it, so it is to be appreciated that suitable
              electronic or other devices that can provide the same
              linear movement can alternatively be used."<br>
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            <div> <span><strong>Richard Straussman</strong></span><span><span><strong><br>
                  </strong></span> </span><strong><span>Senior Counsel</span><span><strong><br>
                  </strong></span> <span>Registered Patent Attorney</span><span><br>
                </span></strong> <span>Member NY, NJ &amp; CT Bars</span><span><br>
              </span> <span><strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . .</strong></span>
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            <div>On 12/10/2024 12:25 PM, Patent Lawyer via
              Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks all for the responses and
                  interesting discussion.</p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">First, I will follow David Boundy's
                  guidance.</p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">But let me give a little more
                  context in light of some other responses.</p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">In this case, the invention is
                  purely 100% mechanical.  It relates to an improvement
                  of a device that has existed for over 100 years.  The
                  inventor's expertise and background are all
                  mechanical.   He has zero background in electrical or
                  computer-related technology.</p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">The patent attorney has expertise
                  and qualifications in electrical and computer-related
                  technologies.</p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">During drafting, the patent
                  attorney recognized that the 100% purely mechanical
                  device could be combined with a particular type of
                  electrical device.  This combination is useful.  But
                  it was entirely out of the realm of the inventor's
                  knowledge or technical background.  The inventor would
                  not have realized the problem, let alone contemplated
                  the solution.  In this case, the patent attorney's
                  contribution was not "a particular
                  embodiment/application/combination \u2026 contemplated by
                  the inventors."  The inventor's honest answer to " Do
                  you envision that this could be \u2026 ?" would have been
                  "Heck no. Never in a million years!"</p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">As to the question: "What's the
                  potential advantage of naming the attorney as an
                  inventor?"</p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">Well, what if ten years from now,
                  the invention makes a bazillion dollars, and the
                  attorney wants his share?   Or maybe the patent
                  attorney's heirs want his share?</p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">Or what if the inventor is in his
                  30s, and the patent attorney is 65 years old, and the
                  application can get special treatment in the USPTO?</p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">[I once took over the prosecution
                  of an application that named two inventors, father and
                  son.  While the father had the right technical
                  qualifications, I was sure he was named just to get
                  the special "over 65" treatment in the USPTO.]</p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">Or what about all the arguments
                  made here a few weeks ago about over-inclusion of
                  inventors rather than under-inclusion? [Per Carl's
                  recent email]</p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">But again, I will follow Boundy's
                  advice.</p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">P.S. Last year, I had dinner with
                  an ex and an old client.  I'd worked with him in
                  1994-95, and got him 5 or 6 patents.  His invention
                  (at a small company) made the company a lot of money
                  through patent enforcement and licensing.   At one
                  point in the dinner, he got very earnest and said he
                  had something to get off his chest.  Something he had
                  felt bad about for almost 30 years.  He said he always
                  felt I should have been named an inventor.  The
                  breakthrough in the invention came from something I'd
                  asked during one of our initial meetings.  It gave him
                  an insight that he'd not previously had, and it was
                  the way the invention was implemented and claimed. Had
                  I been named as an inventor, I would just have
                  assigned the invention to the client anyway.  Maybe it
                  would have been nice to be named on those patents, but
                  that is just about vanity.  I told him it was no big
                  deal and I still paid for dinner.  </p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">From: </span></b><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Patentpractice
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                      on behalf of Patentpractice Patentpractice <a
                        href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">&lt;patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;</a><br>
                      <b>Reply-To: </b>Patentpractice Patentpractice <a
                        href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">&lt;patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;</a><br>
                      <b>Date: </b>Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:05
                      AM<br>
                      <b>To: </b>Patentpractice Patentpractice <a
                        href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">&lt;patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;</a><br>
                      <b>Cc: </b>David Boundy <a
                        href="mailto:PatentProcedure@gmail.com"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">&lt;PatentProcedure@gmail.com&gt;</a><br>
                      <b>Subject: </b>Re: [Patentpractice] Patent
                      lawyer as inventor on client's application?</span></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">Yes.  Exactly and emphatically. 
                    Different facts and different case law leads to
                    different outcomes.</p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 8:51 AM
                      Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice &lt;<a
                        href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
                      wrote:</p>
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                      <p>While we are on this topic.   It was just a few
                        weeks ago that many members of this listserv
                        piled on top of each other, urging to anyone who
                        would listen that if you had to make a mistake
                        with your inventor list, it absolutely was
                        better to commit the sin of misjoinder than
                        nonjoinder.  That if you are going to make a
                        mistake with your inventor list, there are a
                        seemingly infinite number of risks and downsides
                        and traps for the unwary if your mistake were to
                        be in the direction of failing to include some
                        otherwise possibly deserving name on your
                        inventor list.  That a mistake the other way
                        (perhaps including some name on the inventor
                        list that might arguably not belong there) was
                        by far the less risky, had virtually no
                        downsides, and did not give rise to traps for
                        the unwary.</p>
                      <p>And yet now (I have not been keeping close
                        score on this) it seems that many of the same
                        members of this listserv are urging that no
                        matter how deserving the attorney might be to
                        get included on the inventor list, the correct
                        next step is nonjoinder.</p>
                      <div>
                        <p class="MsoNormal">On 12/10/2024 8:38 AM,
                          Jeffrey Semprebon via Patentpractice wrote:</p>
                      </div>
                      <blockquote
                        style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt">
                        <div>
                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal">Where I've had this
                              issue arise has been where, while drafting
                              the application, I've seen either a way to
                              work around the narrower claims based on
                              the inventor's disclosed embodiments or a
                              way to accomplish the same functional
                              limitation with a simpler structure than
                              used by the inventors (or both). <br>
                              <br>
                              Suppose that the client likes whatever
                              modification/alternative well enough to
                              put it into a dependent claim, and then
                              during examination it turns out that such
                              limitation is needed to distinguish over
                              prior art found by the examiner. In that
                              case, does failing to name the
                              practitioner as inventor invite any risk
                              if the named inventors will have to
                              truthfully state during depositions that
                              the practitioner was the one who thought
                              of that limitation? </p>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal">-Jeff</p>
                            </div>
                          </div>
                          <div>
                            <div>
                              <div>
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                                    Jeffrey E. Semprebon<br>
                                    Registered Patent Agent (mechanical)
                                    looking for remote work</p>
                                </div>
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="mailto:jesemprebon@gmail.com" target="_blank"
                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                                      class="moz-txt-link-freetext">jesemprebon@gmail.com</a><br>
                                    72 Myrtle Street<br>
                                    Claremont, New Hampshire 03743</p>
                                </div>
                              </div>
                            </div>
                          </div>
                        </div>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                        <div>
                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at
                              7:40\u202fAM David Boundy via Patentpractice
                              &lt;<a
href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
                              wrote:</p>
                          </div>
                          <blockquote
                            style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt">
                            <div>
                              <div>
                                <p class="MsoNormal">Let me stress
                                  that.  As far as I know, there are no
                                  countervailing benefits to be had or
                                  risks avoided by naming the
                                  agent/attorney as inventor.  It's 100%
                                  downside.  Don't do it.</p>
                              </div>
                              <div>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                              </div>
                              <div>
                                <p class="MsoNormal">Another experience,
                                  I was not directly involved in the
                                  case, but I was in-house counsel at
                                  eSpeed during appeal phase.   <a
href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11175138575348740529"
                                    target="_blank"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    class="moz-txt-link-freetext">
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11175138575348740529</a>
                                  (then look at the D Delaware cases). 
                                  The problem was that the lawyers (Fish
                                  &amp; Neave) mixed up who was wearing
                                  which hat, between inventors, company
                                  management, and the lawyers.  That
                                  metastasized into a comprehensive
                                  subject matter waiver.  And because of
                                  that, a tiny little document was
                                  produced, and that turned into
                                  inequitable conduct, and losing the
                                  case.  eSpeed had had a monopoly in
                                  its market.  And then it didn't.</p>
                              </div>
                              <div>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                              </div>
                              <div>
                                <p class="MsoNormal">It's REALLY
                                  important to understand role
                                  pigeonholes or information
                                  compartmentalization, and keep
                                  everybody in their pigeonholes.</p>
                              </div>
                            </div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                            <div>
                              <div>
                                <p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Dec 10,
                                  2024 at 6:22\u202fAM David Boundy &lt;<a
href="mailto:PatentProcedure@gmail.com" target="_blank"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    class="moz-txt-link-freetext">PatentProcedure@gmail.com</a>&gt;
                                  wrote:</p>
                              </div>
                              <blockquote
                                style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt">
                                <div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal">I disagree with
                                      Judith and Carl.  It's a MISTAKE,
                                      a potentially-catastrophic mistake
                                      with no upside, for any lawyer to
                                      name him/herself as an inventor,
                                      in-house or outside.  You're
                                      almost guaranteeing a hole in the
                                      privilege, and potentially a
                                      subject matter waiver.  Back in my
                                      litigator days, one of my little
                                      specialties was depositions of
                                      attorneys.  If you have a witness
                                      that's a fact witness or some
                                      issues, and the attorney for
                                      others, oh man what a tasty target
                                      rich environment.  DON'T DO IT.</p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal">You'll find my
                                      name on some of my early patents,
                                      but not after I sat as guest of
                                      honor or a couple depositions by
                                      Cravath, Kirkland &amp; Ellis, and
                                      similar firms, and realized how
                                      many of my defense counsel's
                                      objections would not be possible
                                      if I had been a named inventor.</p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal">I disagree with
                                      David Hricik.   His paper <a
href="https://digitalcommons.law.mercer.edu/jour_mlr/vol55/iss2/4/"
                                        target="_blank"
                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">
https://digitalcommons.law.mercer.edu/jour_mlr/vol55/iss2/4/</a>
                                      proceeds from these two sentences:</p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal">On the one
                                      occasion the Federal Circuit did
                                      address this issue, ...  the court
                                      stated that as a matter of law,
                                      practitioners can never be
                                      inventors.                       </p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal">The Federal
                                      Circuit was wrong.</p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal">That's not the
                                      way it works.  When a panel
                                      majority of people with black
                                      robes, presidential appointments,
                                      and Senate Confirmations say that
                                      it is fine -- no error, no
                                      statutory violation, just fine --
                                      to not name lawyer as inventor,
                                      well, that's the law.</p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal">This is not a
                                      close call.  Just don't.</p>
                                  </div>
                                </div>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                <div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Dec 9,
                                      2024 at 11:19\u202fPM Judith S via
                                      Patentpractice &lt;<a
href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
                                      wrote:</p>
                                  </div>
                                  <blockquote
style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt">
                                    <div>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal">I agree
                                          that as outside counsel you
                                          should never name yourself as
                                          an inventor for a patent you
                                          wrote.</p>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal">But I've
                                          had more than one in-house
                                          counsel who contributed to the
                                          invention when we were
                                          discussing it in committee.  I
                                          think that's not a big issue,
                                          if in-house counsel becomes an
                                          inventor.</p>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal">Judith</p>
                                      </div>
                                    </div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                    <div>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Dec
                                          9, 2024 at 12:40\u202fPM Suzannah
                                          K. Sundby via Patentpractice
                                          &lt;<a
href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                            moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
                                          wrote:</p>
                                      </div>
                                      <blockquote
style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt">
                                        <div>
                                          <div>
                                            <div>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">I\u2019d
                                                also question whether
                                                the patent attorney is
                                                truly a \u201cjoint\u201d
                                                inventor, i.e., worked
                                                in \u2018collaboration\u2019, etc.</p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">Imho,
                                                patent attorneys should
                                                never <i>write
                                                  themselves in</i> as
                                                an inventor.  After all,
                                                it is our job to write
                                                what the inventors
                                                envision is their
                                                invention, not what we
                                                think the inventors want
                                                to invent.</p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">If a
                                                patent attorney has a
                                                question as to whether a
                                                particular
                                                embodiment/application/combination
                                                is contemplated by the
                                                inventors and should
                                                therefore be included as
                                                a claim, the patent
                                                attorney should ask as
                                                the inventors a <i>leading</i>
                                                question, e.g., Do you
                                                envision that this could
                                                be \u2026 ?</p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">Sometimes
                                                they say something
                                                that\u2019s a great idea or
                                                yes, that\u2019s how it could
                                                be implemented\u2026  I then
                                                correct them and say it
                                                is what I understood
                                                from their own
                                                disclosure and/or I
                                                didn\u2019t know whether it
                                                would work or not which
                                                is why I asked, etc.</p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ssundby/" target="_blank"
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true">Suzannah
                                                  K. Sundby</a> <b>|</b>
                                                Partner</p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="http://www.canadylortz.com/" target="_blank"
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true">canady
                                                  + lortz LLP</a></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">1050
                                                30th Street, NW</p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">Washington,
                                                DC 20007</p>
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href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com" target="_blank"
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">suzannah@canadylortz.com</a></p>
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href="http://www.canadylortz.com/" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.canadylortz.com</a></p>
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                                              <div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b>
                                                  Patentpractice &lt;<a
href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
                                                  <b>On Behalf Of </b>David
                                                  Boundy via
                                                  Patentpractice<br>
                                                  <b>Sent:</b> Monday,
                                                  December 9, 2024 1:52
                                                  PM<br>
                                                  <b>To:</b> For patent
                                                  practitioners. This is
                                                  not for laypersons to
                                                  seek legal advice.
                                                  &lt;<a
href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;<br>
                                                  <b>Cc:</b> David
                                                  Boundy &lt;<a
href="mailto:PatentProcedure@gmail.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">PatentProcedure@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
                                                  <b>Subject:</b> Re:
                                                  [Patentpractice]
                                                  Patent lawyer as
                                                  inventor on client's
                                                  application?</p>
                                              </div>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                              <div>
                                                <div>
                                                  <div>
                                                    <p class="MsoNormal">My
                                                      view is that you
                                                      should not name
                                                      yourself inventor
                                                      without a Really
                                                      Good Reason. Here
                                                      are the reasons
                                                      that you should
                                                      not name yourself
                                                      as inventor: </p>
                                                    <p>\u25cf    If you are
                                                      merely the
                                                      attorney, not the
                                                      inventor, you are
                                                      unlikely to be
                                                      called for
                                                      deposition\u2014attorneys
                                                      generally don\u2019t
                                                      get deposed unless
                                                      there\u2019s some smell
                                                      of inequitable
                                                      conduct in the air
                                                      first.<a
href="#m_6487588021621560798_m_-3273223265054125256_m_81799952662547"
moz-do-not-send="true"><sup>[1]</sup></a>  However, if you are a named
                                                      inventor, you <i>will</i>
                                                      be deposed.  And
                                                      once you\u2019re in the
                                                      hot seat in your
                                                      role as inventor,
                                                      the scope of
                                                      questions that you
                                                      can be asked has
                                                      little bound,
                                                      including \u201cfishing
                                                      expedition\u201d
                                                      questions for
                                                      inequitable
                                                      conduct that
                                                      couldn\u2019t be asked
                                                      if you weren\u2019t
                                                      already there.<a
href="#m_6487588021621560798_m_-3273223265054125256_m_81799952662547"
moz-do-not-send="true"><sup>[2]</sup></a></p>
                                                    <p>\u25cf    When a
                                                      statement of fact
                                                      made solely as <i>attorney
                                                        argument</i> is
                                                      erroneous without
                                                      intent, it\u2019s not
                                                      inequitable
                                                      conduct.<a
href="#m_6487588021621560798_m_-3273223265054125256_m_81799952662547"
moz-do-not-send="true"><sup>[3]</sup></a>  However, if you are the
                                                      inventor, the same
                                                      argument could be
                                                      an <i>inventor\u2019s
                                                        statement</i>,
                                                      and that statement
                                                      might be evaluated
                                                      for inequitable
                                                      conduct on a far
                                                      different
                                                      standard.</p>
                                                    <p>\u25cf    As a person
                                                      that is likely to
                                                      become a witness,
                                                      you are
                                                      disqualified from
                                                      representing the
                                                      client in any
                                                      litigation.  The
                                                      disqualification
                                                      may extend to your
                                                      firm.</p>
                                                    <p class="MsoNormal">While
                                                      the Federal
                                                      Circuit has not
                                                      explicitly blessed
                                                      the practice, it
                                                      has at least told
                                                      district courts
                                                      not to invalidate
                                                      such patents under
                                                      old § 102(f) (\u201cA
                                                      person shall be
                                                      entitled to a
                                                      patent unless \u2026 he
                                                      did not himself
                                                      invent the subject
                                                      matter sought to
                                                      be patented.\u201d),
                                                      nor to correct
                                                      inventorship under
                                                      § 256:<a
href="#m_6487588021621560798_m_-3273223265054125256_m_81799952662547"
moz-do-not-send="true"><sup>[4]</sup></a></p>
                                                    <p>\u2026 An attorney\u2019s
                                                      professional
                                                      responsibility is
                                                      to assist his or
                                                      her client in
                                                      defining her
                                                      invention to
                                                      obtain, if
                                                      possible, a valid
                                                      patent with
                                                      maximum coverage. 
                                                      An attorney
                                                      performing that
                                                      role should not be
                                                      a competitor of
                                                      the client,
                                                      asserting his
                                                      inventorship as a
                                                      result of
                                                      representing his
                                                      client.  Thus, to
                                                      assert that proper
                                                      performance of the
                                                      attorney\u2019s role is
                                                      a ground for
                                                      invalidating the
                                                      patent constitutes
                                                      a failure to
                                                      understand the
                                                      proper role of the
                                                      patent attorney.</p>
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                                                        <p>            <sup>[1]</sup>
                                                          <i>Ring Plus
                                                          Inc v Cingular
                                                          Wireless Corp.</i>,
                                                          614 F.3d 1354,
                                                          ___, 6 USPQ2d
                                                          1022, ___
                                                          (Fed. Cir.
                                                          2010)
                                                          (material
                                                          misstatement
                                                          in Background
                                                          was material
                                                          to inequitable
                                                          conduct, but
                                                          did not
                                                          establish
                                                          intent to
                                                          deceive);
                                                          Taltech Ltd v
                                                          Esquel Ents
                                                          Ltd., 604 F3d
                                                          1324, ___, 95
                                                          USPQ2d 1257,
                                                          ___ (Fed. Cir.
                                                          2010)
                                                          (inequitable
                                                          conduct &amp;
                                                          atty fees in
                                                          undisclosed
                                                          prior art,
                                                          atty
                                                          misstatement;
                                                          intent
                                                          inferred from
                                                          circumstance
                                                          &amp; lack
                                                          evidence of
                                                          good faith).</p>
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                                                        <p>            <sup>[2]</sup>
                                                          Exergen Corp v
                                                          Wal-Mart
                                                          Stores Inc.,
                                                          575 F3d 1312,
                                                          ___, 91 USPQ2d
                                                          1656, ___
                                                          (Fed. Cir.
                                                          2009) (FRCP
                                                          9(b) pleading
                                                          of inequitable
                                                          conduct reqs
                                                          specific who,
                                                          what, when,
                                                          where and how,
                                                          including
                                                          facts implying
                                                          intent).</p>
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                                                        <p><a
name="m_6487588021621560798_m_-3273223265054125256_m_817999526625474"
moz-do-not-send="true"></a>            <sup>[3]</sup> <i>Intirtool Ltd
                                                          v Texar Corp.</i>,
                                                          369 F3d 1289,
                                                          ___, 70 USPQ2d
                                                          1780, ___
                                                          (Fed. Cir.
                                                          2004)
                                                          (inequitable
                                                          conduct of
                                                          faulty
                                                          prosecution
                                                          arguments); <i>Norian
                                                          Corp v Stryker
                                                          Corp.</i>, 363
                                                          F3d 1321, 70
                                                          USPQ2d 1508
                                                          (Fed. Cir.
                                                          2004)
                                                          (inequitable
                                                          conduct of
                                                          faulty
                                                          prosecution
                                                          arguments); <i>CFMT
                                                          Inc v Yieldup
                                                          Int\u2019l Corp.</i>,
                                                          349 F3d 1333,
                                                          ___, 68 USPQ2d
                                                          1940, ___
                                                          (Fed. Cir.
                                                          2003)
                                                          (inequitable
                                                          conduct of
                                                          faulty
                                                          prosecution
                                                          arguments); <i>Transonic
                                                          Systems Inc v
                                                          Non-Invasive
                                                          Medical
                                                          Technologies
                                                          Corp.</i>, 75
                                                          Fed.Appx. 765
                                                          (Fed. Cir.
                                                          2003)
                                                          (unpublished)
                                                          (inequitable
                                                          conduct of
                                                          faulty
                                                          prosecution
                                                          arguments); <i>Gambro
                                                          Lundia AB v
                                                          Baxter
                                                          Healthcare
                                                          Corp</i>, 110
                                                          F3d 1573, ___,
                                                          42 USPQ2d
                                                          1378, ___
                                                          (Fed. Cir.
                                                          1997).</p>
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                                                        <p>            <sup>[4]</sup>
                                                          <i>Solomon v.
                                                          Kimberly-Clark
                                                          Corp.</i>, 216
                                                          F.3d 1372,
                                                          1382, 55
                                                          USPQ2d 1279,
                                                          1285 (Fed.
                                                          Cir. 2000).</p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal">On
                                                    Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at
                                                    1:40\u202fPM Carl
                                                    Oppedahl via
                                                    Patentpractice &lt;<a
href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
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                                                    <p>I have had this
                                                      happen half a
                                                      dozen times over
                                                      the years.  I send
                                                      the standard email
                                                      "here are the
                                                      claims, please
                                                      look at them and
                                                      tell me if we have
                                                      named all of the
                                                      inventors" and
                                                      next thing you
                                                      know, I am told I
                                                      am a co-inventor.</p>
                                                    <p>When this
                                                      happens, I simply
                                                      sign a declaration
                                                      and asssignment,
                                                      record the
                                                      assignment, and
                                                      give it no further
                                                      thought.</p>
                                                    <p>Yes I suppose one
                                                      could concoct
                                                      situations where
                                                      (for example) a
                                                      malfeasant patent
                                                      attorney could
                                                      intentionally slip
                                                      a "not" into the
                                                      assignment, or
                                                      could
                                                      intentionally do
                                                      something or
                                                      another during
                                                      prosecution that
                                                      would somehow
                                                      favor the
                                                      attorney.  To the
                                                      extent that one
                                                      decides that such
                                                      risks would need
                                                      to be somehow
                                                      addressed, yes one
                                                      cannot imagine any
                                                      approach other
                                                      than transferring
                                                      everything about
                                                      the case
                                                      (including the
                                                      assignment task)
                                                      to separate
                                                      counsel.</p>
                                                    <p>One imagines the
                                                      client would get
                                                      stuck paying lots
                                                      of money to new
                                                      counsel for them
                                                      to spend the time
                                                      needed gain
                                                      familiarity with
                                                      the file.</p>
                                                    <p>I guess I have
                                                      sort of assumed
                                                      that if I can be
                                                      trusted not to
                                                      screw over the
                                                      client in the
                                                      handling of the
                                                      file in general
                                                      (before I was
                                                      identified as a
                                                      co-inventor), I
                                                      ought to be able
                                                      to be trusted not
                                                      to screw over the
                                                      client in the
                                                      remaining tasks. 
                                                      But you raise
                                                      valid questions
                                                      that I have never
                                                      thought about.</p>
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class="MsoNormal">On 12/9/2024 1:03 PM, Patent Lawyer via Patentpractice
                                                        wrote:</p>
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class="MsoNormal">What issues / concerns are there with a patent
                                                          attorney being
                                                          named an
                                                          inventor on
                                                          their client's
                                                          patent
                                                          application?</p>
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class="MsoNormal">Assume that the attorney will assign all rights in the
                                                          invention to
                                                          the
                                                          client/applicant,
                                                          should the
                                                          attorney
                                                          advise them to
                                                          have someone
                                                          else handle
                                                          the
                                                          assignment? </p>
                                                        <p
class="MsoNormal">Are there privilege issues? (In a communication with
                                                          the client,
                                                          who are you?
                                                          Attorney or
                                                          co-inventor?)</p>
                                                        <p
class="MsoNormal">Does the patent attorney have to advise the PTO?  Is
                                                          there a
                                                          conflict of
                                                          any sort?</p>
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                                                          LLC<br>
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                                                          Massachusetts
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moz-do-not-send="true">DBoundy@cambridgetechlaw.com</a> / <a
href="tel:%2B1%206464729737" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">+1
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                                                          <p>Cambridge
                                                          Technology Law
                                                          LLC<br>
                                                          686
                                                          Massachusetts
                                                          Avenue #201,
                                                          Cambridge  MA 
                                                          02139<br>
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href="http://www.CambridgeTechLaw.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.CambridgeTechLaw.com</a><br>
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href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/DavidBoundy" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.linkedin.com/in/DavidBoundy</a></p>
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class="MsoNormal">mailing address </p>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
class="MsoNormal">PO Box 590638</p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
class="MsoNormal">Newton MA   02459</p>
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                                                          </div>
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class="MsoNormal"><br>
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                                                          communication
                                                          is a
                                                          confidential
                                                          attorney-client
                                                          communication
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                                                          for the person
                                                          named above or
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                                                          communication
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                                                          tax
                                                          information
                                                          contained in
                                                          this
                                                          communication,
                                                          including
                                                          attachments
                                                          and
                                                          enclosures, is
                                                          not intended
                                                          as a thorough,
                                                          in-depth
                                                          analysis of
                                                          specific
                                                          issues, nor a
                                                          substitute for
                                                          a formal
                                                          opinion, nor
                                                          is it
                                                          sufficient to
                                                          avoid legal or
                                                          other adverse
                                                          consequences
                                                          to the
                                                          recipient.
                                                          Unless you are
                                                          the addressee
                                                          (or authorized
                                                          to receive for
                                                          the
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                                                          copy, use,
                                                          disclose or
                                                          distribute
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