Ask HN: How much does your company compensate for patents?
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? 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 Large corp. Pays $1200 for first patent. Then $750 per patent per person in the team.