DD Support Board and Research Team

[sunspotter]

"Read up more on the patent process."

Don't need to.

You are right that the EU process is quite different. My mistake was to assume the patents being referred to are US patents, where:

" The naming of inventors is very important for the validity of the patent. Intentionally failing to name, or incorrectly identifying inventors, can result in a patent being held invalid. Ordinarily, the courts presume the named inventors are the inventors so long as there is no disagreement."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventor_(patent)

My mistake for not following the thread back far enough to see the subject of discussion was European patents.

Sorry.