Errors in inventorship can invalidate a patent, rendering it unenforceable.
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Title 37 §1.48 of the Code of Federal Regulations provides instructions for how to correct the inventive entity of a pending patent application, and Title 37 §1.324 sets forth the procedure for correcting inventorship in an issued patent.
Townsend v. Smith, 36 F.2d 292, 295, 4 USPQ 269, 271 (CCPA 1930).
Hiatt v. Zeigler, 179 USPQ 757, 763 (Bd. Pat. Inter. 1973).
Amgen v. Chugai, 927 F.2d 1200, 18 USPQ2d 1016 (Fed. Cir. 1991); Fiers v. Revel, 984 F.2d 1164, 25 USPQ2d 1601 (Fed. Cir. 1993).
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Sheiness, D., Canady, K. The importance of getting inventorship right. Nat Biotechnol 24, 153–154 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0206-153
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