The idea is absolutely nothing without the engineer. Nothing at all. So the patent owner should put the actual master mind down to help eliminate a freelance engineer from wanting to jump ship to the competition. Jmo
Oh…. These engineers don’t jump ship when they have a $120,000+ annual salary and annual bonuses based on company profit.
See above post - my personal knowledge example at this link
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...-in-the-Second-Degree&p=12100119#post12100119
The engineers at this company have jumped ship from other companies because they receive top pay, superior benefits, and awesome respect. But, the names of the engineers are not listed as Inventors on the Patents.
From what Skinner described, it seems like CWW would not have desired, or expected, to be named as Inventor on the Patent Application.