• Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world
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    For what it is worth. I found out last week I was excluded as a credited inventor on a patent that I worked for 2.5 years on. Industry does this stuff too…

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      3 months ago

      I know it may not be worth pursuing, but that specifically can invalidate a patent.

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        3 months ago

        Correct. I have already reached out to my former company and I have a stack of paperwork coming to “correct the oversight” it helps that the company didn’t know that the patent application had been filed by the client.

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    This is why workers forced movies and shows to put everyone in the closing credits.

    Y’all need to unionize.

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    3 months ago

    Has any researcher ever tried legally changing their name to “et al” ? Like in day to day life you could just be Al but you would also be the most published scientist in history.

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    Some disciplines use alphabetical order. I’d like to see a study that looks into if in this fields, does it impact the prosperity of tenure and grant funding?

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    3 months ago

    One tiny difference between the pain Israeli commercial pilots feel once they graduate