Peter wrote

> Throwing all these noble causes aside. How do you think a patent should be
> rewarded?
>
> I realize that to most employers this is a normal result of having employees
> but it would stimulate people to excel in what they do if they where
> rewarded/appreciated.
>
> I have a few small ones and a big one (applied for but still a number of
> weeks away from issuance) that will save millions per year to my company and
> bring in an additional few million per year in royalty's for my employer,
> yet it is customary at this company to pay $1000 split with all involved
> with the invention.
>
Sounds like you need to negotiate!

$1000 sounds  a bit like a disincentive to hard work, unless of
course you're salary is so stupendously huge that such excellence is
considered a matter of course.
After all communism espouses equal rewards, what a suff up it turned
out to be.
At the University here the pay sucks but there are good
profit sharing incentives for patented /licensed outcomes.


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Lance Allen
Technical Officer
Uni of Auckland
Psych Dept
New Zealand
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