In a message dated 97-01-09 11:04:49 EST, you write: >Yes this might be true but co-inventing a patent and actually implementing >the idea are to different things. This is my point exactly.....implementation is not the patentable thing (therefore not co-inventor eligible), only idea generation is patentable. Mark A. Corio Rochester MicroSystems, Inc. 200 Buell Road, Suite 9 Rochester, NY 14624 Tel: (716) 328-5850 --- Fax: (716) 328-1144 http://www.frontiernet.net/~rmi/ ***** Designing Electronics For Research & Industry *****