United States: Are You Actually A Joint Inventor? - Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), on May 2, 2023, reversed the Delaware District Court's decision in HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corp., that David Howard of Unitherm should be added as a joint inventor on US 9,980,498, a patent owned by Hormel and directed to methods of precooking bacon and meat pieces.