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Bacon and a Heavy Burden: Significant Contribution Required To Be a Joint Inventor

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to have David Howard added as an inventor to Hormel’s U.S. More than a decade later in 2018, the Bacon Patent was issued naming four inventors that assigned rights to Hormel. In spring 2018, HIP sued Hormel in the District of Delaware alleging that Howard was a sole or joint inventor of the Bacon Patent. Efforts by HIP, Inc.