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Old 05-14-2017, 02:31 AM
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Originally Posted by zeno View Post
....Also
I have met several old RCA engineers that HATED them
because they invented things & got zero credit. The contract
stated all inventions were property of RCA BUT even the slightest
credit was not given. Others years after leaving RCA were sued
because they claimed they invented things while on RCA's time......

73 Zeno
LFOD !
ALL RCA patents have an inventors name or names, with RCA as the assignee. This is the same for any 20th-century company that did R&D.

Your beloved Zenith did the same - as did Rauland. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/res...&search=Search

Most companies also had agreements with employees limiting their employability after they left the company, to avoid collusion on any un-patented ideas or products. This was over and above the "non-compete" clause in the contract.

Interestingly, most NASA patents are assigned to both NASA and the NASA director at the time of the patent.
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