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My husband invented a new gardening tool while working his regular corporate job, and we need to figure out if his employer automatically owns the patent or if we can commercialize it ourselves.

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My husband invented a new gardening tool while working his regular corporate job, and we need to figure out if his employer automatically owns the patent or if we can commercialize it ourselves.
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New Jersey employee invention assignment law employee inventions patent ownership employment agreement statute New JerseyGoogle ↗
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United States employee invention ownership hired to invent shop right patent law employer employee USPTOGoogle ↗
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USPTO patent inventorship ownership assignment employee invention employment agreementGoogle ↗
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New Jersey employee invention assignment law employee inventions patent ownership employment agreement statute New Jersey Google ↗
United States employee invention ownership hired to invent shop right patent law employer employee USPTO Google ↗
USPTO patent inventorship ownership assignment employee invention employment agreement Google ↗
  1. 34:1B-265 Employee rights to certain inventions. · lis.njleg.state.nj.us
  2. P.L. 2017, c.346 (A492 2R) · pub.njleg.gov
  3. Patent essentials · uspto.gov

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New Jersey employee invention assignment law employee inventions patent ownership employment agreement statute New Jersey
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United States employee invention ownership hired to invent shop right patent law employer employee USPTO
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USPTO patent inventorship ownership assignment employee invention employment agreement
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