Joe,

I'm not going to get into compensation or consulting contracts. But, if an employee invents something on their own that is generally related to the technologies the Company has developed or is pursuing, then yes, the idea belongs to the Company and the Company has the option of pursuing a patent application. At that point the employee would be listed as an inventor and would assign all rights to the Company. If an idea is generated through the normal course of our development efforts and the Company believes there is value in applying for a patent, then the engineers involved in the idea creation are listed on the application as inventors, and would assign their rights to the idea to the Company. The same would apply to any work study engineers, if we used them. Which we don't.

With regard to Pat, the inventions he offered the Company, and we in turn accepted, are the property of e.Digital.

Thanks,
Fred

In short Giants, Pat's compensation package is company confidential.