[FRIAM] Ownership of expired patent

[Tom Johnson]

Would not the corporation have to renew the patent at some point?
Tom

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On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 3:55 PM Ron Newman <ron.newman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was awarded a software patent 30 years ago while at a corporate job.
> That patent has since expired, of course.  I assume I signed a
> work-for-hire agreement the first day on that job.
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> Now that it's expired, I also assume the corporation still owns the code,
> and so I'm not free to open source it.  Correct?
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> Any IP attorneys here?
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