[FRIAM] Ownership of expired patent

[Ron Newman]

I think the patent, which is non-renewable, and the code implementing the
patent are two separate things.  The first they lose rights over, but the
second is covered by a work-for-hire agreement since it could be used
internally, or even sold as a product by the corporation without patent.
But I could be wrong.

Ron Newman, M.S., M.M.E.
Founder, IdeaTreeLive.com <http://www.Ideatreelive.com> Knowledge Modeling
www.RonPiano.com
Blog <https://blog.ideatreelive.com>






On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 4:06 PM Tom Johnson <tom at jtjohnson.com> wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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.
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Any IP attorneys here?
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>> Modeling
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