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‘Ownership’ category

The application is required to be made or authorized by the actual inventor of the claimed subject matter. Also, the inventor must sign a statement, under oath, that acknowledges the duties attendant to obtain a patent, as required under ยงยง111 – 115 of the United States Code. Even though the proprietary rights of a patent more…

A European patent application may be filed by any natural or legal person, or any body equivalent to a legal person by virtue of the law governing it. It may also be filed either by joint applicants or by two or more applicants designating different Contracting States. The right to a European patent shall belong more…

The right to a patent shall belong to the inventor, and it may be transferred by an inter vivos transaction or by succession. The owner can be a natural person or a legal entity, and a patent can be owned by two or more persons if they have made an invention jointly. At a first more…