What are the criteria for naming inventors in an application for patent?
The naming of inventors is normally decided on the basis of the following criteria: All persons who contribute towards development of patentable features of an invention should be named inventor(s). All persons, who have made intellectual contribution in achieving the final results of the research work leading to a patent, should be named inventor(s). A person who provides ideas needed to produce the germs of the invention need not himself / herself carry out the experiments, constructs the apparatus with his/her own hands or make the drawings himself/herself. The person may take the help or others. Such person who have helped in conducting the experiments, constructing apparatus or making the drawings or models without providing any intellectual inputs are not entitled to be named inventors.
