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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/18/2025 8:30 AM, Patent Lawyer via
Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:8F61F6E7-3C0D-4B6E-A6D5-EBDE2B8221CB@gmail.com">What he
said ("<i class="">you have a loose end that requires legal
research and consultation with competent counsel</i>\u2019).
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<div class="">You are getting good answers here, but this is a
legal issue (problem) and not just about what paper to file in
the Patent Office. </div>
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<div class="">Someone is going to need to conduct legal analysis
and get legal opinions (which are not provided by this group).</div>
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<div class="">On Sep 18, 2025, at 9:37 AM, Dale Quisenberry
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<div class=""><span class="">Charlene,</span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="">I\u2019m afraid I have more
questions than answers.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="">It sounds like the patent
application is still owned by the inventor.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="">So if I had filed that
application I would not have listed anyone or entity
under Applicant or Assignee and the Applicant would
have been automatically deemed the inventor.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="">I have never had a situation
where the inventor owned the application but another
person or entity was listed as Applicant. I don\u2019t
know the rules on whether that is proper or not (for
some reason I feel like it is), and if so when it is.
I would find that out. I suspect there are many on
this list who know the answer.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="">It may be necessary to file a
corrected ADS and delete CLO Inc. as the Applicant. I
would investigate that possibility.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="">I still think you have a
loose end that requires legal research and
consultation with competent counsel in the state of
formation of CLO Inc. concerning the facts of your
situation, to determine whether dissolved CLO Inc.
ever had or should have had ownership of the patent
application. How does the fact that CLO Inc. was
named as the Applicant inform that legal analysis?</span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="">Dale</span></div>
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<b class="">Subject:<span
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<b class="">Sent:</b><span
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For patent practitioners. This is not for
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<b class="">Subject:</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re:
[Patentpractice] Patent Assignment
question</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""></span></div>
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<div class=""><span class="">Did the ADS name CLO
Inc. as Applicant and Assignee?</span><span
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Dale Quisenberry</span><span lang="EN-US"
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18 September 2025 at 7:54</span><span
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<div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">No
there is only one inventor\u2026 see
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<div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Charlene
Odom is the sole inventor and owns</span><span
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<div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">CLO
inc. but never assigned to CLO inc.
CLO inc is now dissolved and I have a
new company with a 50 percent
ownership called CLO Intellectual
Property Holding Company LLC.</span><span
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<div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><span
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<div class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Can
I sign the assignment as the inventor
and co-owner or will both owners of
the new company have to sign?</span><span
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<div class=""><span class="">Correct.
Perhaps there was an employment
agreement that not only said I agree
to assign but I hereby assign.</span><span
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<div class=""><span class="">The risk is
that if the patent is assigned to the
holding company, and then files a
lawsuit for patent infringement, and
then the defendant uncovers the
relevant facts during discovery and
moves to dismiss for lack of standing
/ subject matter jurisdiction.</span><span
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<div class=""><span class="">Do the
necessary investigation now and find
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think the dissolved
entity may be
irrelevant. The
inventor never
assigned his rights in
the invention to the
dissolved company, so
he still owns his
right in the invention
and can assign it to
the new company.</span><span
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corporate law, and
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class="">The dissolved
corporation would
likely need to be
reinstated first
before it would have
the capacity to enter
into any corporate
act, contract, etc.
But again, consult
counsel in the
relevant state.</span><span
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<div class=""><span
class="">Is there any
agreement or
obligation on the part
of the inventor to
assign to the
dissolved entity?</span><span
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handling a
matter
involving a
patent
application
that was
originally
filed under a
company that
has since been
dissolved.
However, prior
to the
dissolution,
the inventor
did not
execute the
assignment of
rights to the
original
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ensure proper
chain of
title, we
would like to
confirm the
appropriate
course of
action.
Specifically,
should the
inventor now
execute the
assignment to
the dissolved
entity,
followed by a
subsequent
assignment
from the
dissolved
entity to the
current
holding
company? Or
would it be
more
appropriate
for the
inventor to
assign the
rights
directly to
the holding
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