Comments on: first patent issued, finally

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 22 May 2007 05:31:08 +0000

Great news, Saar. Very happy for you! Glad you are posting again.

By: Saar Drimer

Saar Drimer — Sat, 19 May 2007 20:46:36 +0000

Xilinx is very good with compensating their inventors. You get (money) awards with each step (submission of idea, submission of patent, and issuance of patent). In addition, you get a plaque for your office (or wherever ;) and another placed in a hallway wall along with the other couple thousands of patents Xilinx has. It is quite nice, and everyone passes through it on the way to the cafeteria. Of course, I don’t get any awards or a personal plaque since I am no longer there, but hopefully I’ll appear on the wall.

By: philip

philip — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:23:33 +0000

congrats! did they give you a plaque to put on the wall? i always wondered exactly what it is you get from them.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 18 May 2007 12:21:34 +0000

Congratulations! Now you just need to dream up a name for it, get the name registered as a trademark and get ready to complain when we all start using it as a verb…