Collaboration and Joint Inventorship: Who Invented this Biologic?

Background - The patent statute recognizes that an invention may be jointly invented, however, there is no definition of inventorship in the patent statute. For this reason, the courts have been left to determine what constitutes sufficient contribution to an invention to qualify one for inventorship. 35 U.S.C. ยง 116 (2018) states......
By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

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