Q: How it's possible my previous company to file application for US patent (Pub.number: 20140207500) without my consent?
As an Inventor in 2006, I have prepared and signed 2 patent applications. The company was assignee, because I signed those papers to transfer my rights for Intellectual property to the company. One Patent number: 8712809 was granted in 2014, 5 years since I left the company.
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Answer: The application (publication no. 20140207500) is a continuation of the prior patent application (no. 11/502,361), which in turn claims priority from a provisional application (no. 60/707,146).
Because a continuation is not a "new" invention, no additional declaration or oath from the inventor is required. The company may have had difficulties securing the claims it wanted in the first round of examination, and is now seeking different (broader) claims in a continuing application.
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