The issue of conveyance of patent rights of a consultant arises in the AngioScore case, in which appellant TriReme won a remand.AngioScore, Inc. (“AngioScore”) claims exclusive ownership of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,080,026 (“the ’026 patent”), 8,454,636 (“the ’636 patent”), and 8,721,667 (“the ’667 patent”) (collectively, “the AngioScore patents”). TriReme Medical, LLC (“TriReme”), claiming to have received an assignment of an interest in the AngioScore patents from Dr. Chaim Lotan, brought suit for correction of inventorship. It sought to have Dr. Lotan named as an inventor on the patents pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 256. The district court dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, holding that any interest Dr. Lotan may have had in the AngioScore patents had been assigned earlier to AngioScore under a consulting agreement, and that TriReme as a consequence lacked standing. TriReme…
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