I was reading this submission last night, and it made me wonder, what are other companies paying for patents?<p>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19477559<p>My company does not compensate for patents. I have worked for other large corporations, which have paid in multiple stages:<p>1) Patent proposal ($1k if the invention has novelty)
2) Patent filing submission ($2-$3k)
3) Patent issue ($3-$5k)<p>What does your company do and what do you think of employers that do not compensate for patent submissions?