I was recently laid off by my company while still in the process of working on a patent application. There was an initial rough draft that was created by the patent counsel based on my verbal description. The rough draft had factual errors and used low quality MS-Paint drawings that I created solely for the sake of explaining the concept. As far as I can tell, they're moving ahead with filing the patent in its current state, and I'm listed as the sole inventor.
Before I was laid off, I told them that it needs editing, but they went ahead and filed it anyway.
I'm really concerned about how this is going to impact my professional reputation. I haven't signed the severance agreement with the release of claims clause yet, but time is running out.
What should I do here? Also, for context this is an Idaho company, but I've been splitting my time between Washington and Idaho.
