Number 9

[fbhjr]

It looks like my 9th patent has finally gone through: https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/11828516
We filled out the paperwork for it in 2018, so it’s taken a while.
Yes, I am a bit annoyed my boss put his name over mine on it. But, when the paperwork was filled out he was REALLY mad at me and had me listed at the bottom. So, at least I’m 3rd now.
Even if all the preliminary drawings were mine and it is based on a concept I had 15 years ago…
Still, I’m very happy it has finally gone through!

Comments

[zoefruitcake]

Well done, that's great news

[malterre]

Yay!

[brickhousewench]

Did your boss do any work on it? Or is this like in academia where he gets to put his name on any patents of people that he just manages?

And congratulations!

[fbhjr]

He did do work on it. And, right at the very start of the project, it was just he and I thinking about how we’d do it. We did both give out a lot of ideas. And, he should be near the top.
It was my ideas we used, not his. Which is why I think maybe I should be higher.
In all honesty, the guy he put first did a lot of work, but it was all ideas my boss and I gave to him. My boss put him first because he did the largest amount of work on it, but patents are supposed to be able the ideas, not the nuts and bolts.
Still, he didn’t have me at the bottom, and I’m glad for that.

[threemeninaboat]

Congratulations!