North Carolina Assignment of Patent

• Category: Copyrights Patents and Trademarks
• State: Multi-State
• Control #: US-0739BG
• Format: Word; Rich Text

Description

An assignment is a transfer of rights that a party has under a contract to another person, called an assignee. The assigning party is called the assignor. Unless there is a statute that requires that certain language be used in an assignment or that the assignment be in writing, there are really no formal requirements for an assignment. Any words which show the intent to transfer rights under a contract are sufficient to constitute an assignment. A patent is a grant of a property right by the Government to an inventor. The United States Constitution gives Congress the right to provide for patent protection in legislation in order to encourage useful inventions. The patent itself provides a detailed description of the invention, and how it is used or how to make it. Thus, if you obtain a patent you cannot keep the matter secret, which is the province of Trade Secret Law. A patent enables the owner to exclude others from making, using or selling the invention for the life of the patent.