[Patentpractice] inventor address on patent assignment

[James E. Lake]

You will have to ask this question of each foreign associate in the states where your client may wish to file. Send them your draft assignment for review.

In my experience, it is very difficult to anticipate all of the possible informalities in a single assignment form that covers every foreign state. If you start with a proper assignment, then it should require the assignor to cooperate in preparing follow-on assignments complying to local rules. Depending on where you file, the biggest problem you may have is not enough originally-signed and notarized copies if you file in any states that are not parties to the Hague Convention on Apostilles https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/specialised-sections/apostille or otherwise require an original. Some states also require a special form.

That said, I generally list the assignor residence city, state, and country only and, if necessary, mailing address as their office address, often the same as the assignee (corporate) residence address. When some foreign associate assignment forms I received asked for an assignor address, I used their office mailing addresses, the same as the assignee and have not received a complaint.

James Lake

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Hi all,

As most of you are likely aware, the USPTO does not require the assignor's address to be provided on a patent assignment.

Are any of you aware of any foreign jurisdictions which require the residence address of the assignor to be listed, or will providing an office address suffice?

We are trying not to have to go back and cure assignments for an invention that will likely have a lot of national phase applications, but we'd rather avoid having inventor home addresses become part of the public record.

Thanks in advance!

Best,
Umair

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