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Re:IBM scraps rewards program for staff inventions, wipes aw... by pierrekin on Thursday January 18, 2024 @11:57AM (#39044180)
At HPE, it's $3000.00 per patent, for each author.
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Re:IBM scraps rewards program for staff inventions, wipes aw... by wnissen on Thursday January 18, 2024 @01:03PM (#39045125)
Yeah, I was going to say, I think the number at IBM was $1800 per patent, per author back in 2000, which would be ~$3300 today. It wasn't "buy a boat" type of money but it was more than "nice meal", for sure.
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Re:IBM scraps rewards program for staff inventions, wipes aw... by flypaca on Thursday January 18, 2024 @01:33PM (#39045658)
Correct, though if there are more than 3 authors it is 9000/(No. of authors).
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