NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

[pqr]

Only the person or persons who actually create or develop the new art can be identified on a patent as an “inventor.” In the absence of an express contractual agreement addressing the issue, an employee or a contractor/consultant engaged to develop a specific product or idea is typically determined to be bound by an implied “work for hire” obligation to the employer/principal whereby intellectual property rights to the development are assigned by operation of law to the employer/principal. In a mature, sophisticated relationship as here it is a near certainty that a written contract would determine whether the inventor retained any patent right or the same is assigned to the principal