What if your ex-girlfriend obtains a patent for your invention?

[Gauss44]

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My sense is to let her have it unless it becomes profitable, and only challenge it in court IF it becomes profitable. However, in the meantime, would one get trouble for including this patent on his medical school application as his invention (not the girlfriends)? ADCOMS are especially welcome to answer. Thanks in advance!

PS - This post is dramatic enough without my answering personal questions so lets just run off of the information included here. No one on this forum is a aware of this situation so please ignore any additional "factoids" that might be presented.

 

[Remy LeBeau]

I wouldn't make the claim that it is your patent if it is not legally your patent. Either lawyer up or say something on your app like, "my work directly contributed to a U.S. patent."

 

[masaraksh]

Call Saul. LWYRUP

 

[rain4venus]

Yeah... I don't think you want to put on your application "I had a good idea once, and my girlfriend even agreed that it was good idea!"

I know you said you gave all the necessary information, but it makes a huge difference if this was an idea you discussed during pillow talk vs. if you worked in the same lab together and you have papers published with research leading to the invention with your name on it (even if she was first author), but that she ended up getting the patent due to her contributions (or something like that)