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Re: goodboy2 post# 65970

Thursday, 04/28/2016 12:26:36 PM

Thursday, April 28, 2016 12:26:36 PM

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Assignment transferred ownership interests in the patents.

REVO granted Eyetalk365 BOTH an exclusive license AND an assignment of ownership rights.

That assignment of ownership rights was registered with USPTO on September 16, 2014
Source: http://assignment.uspto.gov/#/search?q=7193644&sort=patAssignorEarliestExDate%20desc&synonyms=false

The USPTO treats exclusive licenses and assignments differently.

Here's what they say about licences:

A license is not an assignment of the patent. Even if the license is an exclusive license, it is not an assignment of patent rights in the patent or application.

Source: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s301.html

And here's what USPTO says about assignments.

II.ASSIGNMENT
“Assignment,” in general, is the act of transferring to another the ownership of one’s property, i.e., the interest and rights to the property. In 37 CFR 3.1, assignment of patent rights is defined as “a transfer by a party of all or part of its right, title and interest in a patent... "

Source: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s301.html

It's safe to say that the USPTO knows more about this than anybody on this board.

It's also safe to say that the USPTO would not have accepted registration of an assignment if no ownership rights had been assigned from REVO to Eyetalk365.
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