intro to patents / inventorship and ownership

T/F - patents are personal property; they can be assigned, sold, given away, inherited, mortgaged, and licensed

T

T/F - assures that the patentee can practice the invention himself

F

T/F - a patent doesn’t take anything away from the public, but actually contributes something that the public did not previously have

T

term of a utility patent

20 years from the date of filing for the application

T/F - To complete invention, there must be a reduction to practice

T

T/F - reduction of practice requires the invention to be made

F

T/F - a constructive reduction to practice is considered to be equivalent to an actual reduction to practice

T

T/F - joint inventors have to have physically worked together on the invention

F

T/F - there must have been some collaboration on the invention, and each of the inventors must have worked on the same subject matter and must make some contribution to the conception of the invention as it is claimed in the patent

T

T/F - all of the joint inventors do not have to be inventors of every claim

T

T/F - the employer owns copyright to work made for hire

T