My research patented at the name of an other student

[spoliated_phd_student]

Hi everyone,

I graduated from a famous university with a PhD in science. My PhD lead to the filing of a patent application. I forgot about it, the university handled the prosecution, and after a few years it got issued.

To my horror I discovered that the patent was named to a student other than me. There is absolutely no reason why the other student should be on the patent in the first place (did not contribute to the invention) and even less as the first inventor.

Does anyone had to deal with such issue?

[ktel]

Find a lawyer?

[ANDS!]

I'm Googling words left and right on these forums.

And yes, you should've lawyered up a long time ago. First step though is collecting ALL relevant information pertaining to your work on the research and subsequent patent. Some might suggest you try and mediate with the University; it may very well be an issue they are willing to solve. Not all errors are conscious errors.

[lewin]

Yes, assume incompetence first, then maliciousness.