Inventorship turns on “conception”, not effort—someone who wrote the code or built the hardware may not be an inventor, while advisors, customers, or other contributors sometimes are. These errors are often silent, easy to miss, and frequently discovered only during diligence or enforcement, when they’re hardest to fix (if they are fixable at all). Joint inventorship can be more complicated, requiring a person to share in the conception of a claimed invention to be so titled. This session clarifies how inventorship actually works in modern teams in the U.S. and internationally, offers practical decision tools for identifying true inventors, and shows how to document conception boundaries before “helpful input” becomes a legal problem.
Meet the Presenters:
- Ashley Sloat, Ph.D., Presidents, Director of Patent Strategy, Aurora Consulting
- Tom Moga, Member, Dykema
About MichBio:
MichBio represents Michigan’s diverse biosciences sectors, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, research and testing, health technologies, agri/industrial biosciences, and more. Focused on advancing the bio-industry, MichBio drives advocacy at state and federal levels, delivers resources and services that benefit members, promotes industry achievements, and serves as the leading source of bioscience education and innovation.
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