Ask HN: How much does your company compensate for patents?

5 points by e-m-p 7 years ago | 2 comments

I was reading this submission last night, and it made me wonder, what are other companies paying for patents? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19477559

My company does not compensate for patents. I have worked for other large corporations, which have paid in multiple stages:

1) Patent proposal ($1k if the invention has novelty) 2) Patent filing submission ($2-$3k) 3) Patent issue ($3-$5k)

What does your company do and what do you think of employers that do not compensate for patent submissions?

itronitron 7 years ago |

previous employer awarded $1 for patent application, $500 for patent issue, along with a plaque or piece of crystal. those were fairly minor incentives for innovating which seems appropriate, the patent incentives were sized right to deal with the additional associated paperwork

throwawaypatent 7 years ago |

Large corp. Pays $1200 for first patent. Then $750 per patent per person in the team.