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59. Built the world's first microprocessor with on chip ROM and RAM, built the world's brightest GaAsP LED, made a silicon IR photodetector sensitive enough to force NBS to recalibrate their standards, hold 5 US patents, with several pending.

I'm 2/3 your 59 and "hold" twice the patents, FRiend.

But your statement raises a red flag. How many of those are you listed as "sole" inventor?

Nobody "builds the world's first uP w/ on-chip ROM...." by themselves. People who play a part on the team and then claim to be "the guy" are well known types. You sound like one of them.

Also, how many of those patents that you "hold" have you assigned to some company for $1 because you don't understand IP agreements?

You've been around the sun 59 times, but I see I was still correct on your maturity.

But your statement raises a red flag. How many of those are you listed as "sole" inventor?

One.

Nobody "builds the world's first uP w/ on-chip ROM...." by themselves.

True that. I did the final design rule check on the layout, and I did all the lithography and etching on the first lot. (Interesting sidebar, I did the DRC in a vacuum, just me, the rules, and a printout with no other info. It really bothered my boss that I told him how many people did the layout, and which areas were done by each, just from the stylistic variations.)

I parleyed one of my patents into a job where I earned over half a million. Other than that, yeah, most of my patents were developed on company time with company resources and company colleagues.

Since I mostly deal with the actual wafer processing most of my improvements remained trade secrets. You know why, don't you?

I also had a former company patent one of my ideas without naming me as the inventor. Too bad they folded before I could sue them *sigh*.

So, enlighten me as to IP agreements...