Assignments and Licenses
A patent is personal property. The patent law provides for the transfer or sale of a patent, or of an application for patent, by an instrument in writing. Such an instrument is referred to as an assignment and may transfer the entire interest in the patent. The assignee, when the patent is assigned to him or her, becomes the owner of the patent and has the same rights that the original patentee had.
The statute also provides for the assignment of a part interest, that is, a half interest, a fourth interest, etc., in a patent.
The patent attorneys of Beem Patent Law Firm are experienced in preparing and negotiating assignments and licenses. Please contact the Firm for information on representation available to you for your patent matter.
Some of the information provided herein was obtained from the United States Patent and Trademark website, www.uspto.gov. For further information, see the Patent Office inventor resources at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/iip/index.htm.
