Guys, please get it straight. I know how this works in a company (as I have 4 patents in my name) and I assume, it would work similar with Universities also (reasons below).
First of all, with patents you have an ASSIGNEE as well as INVENTOR. The Company you work for by consent decree, owns all your intellectual property (in almost all cases), so anything you invent and file for patent while working with a company, you are the Inventor, but Company is the ASSIGNEE, it gets the right to use it/productize it and sue another.
If you don't want that, quit the company and file it with you as the ASSIGNEE and INVENTOR.
Most people wont do that, because Inventions are incremental additions over existing features, companies generally have pools of patents to protect itself from infringement accusations.
This works out for Individual's also because they get the Recognition, Money and they realize that their feature wont make a startup by itself. (If it does make and you have courage to do it, then as I said, an employee should quit and go for it all alone).
How is it expected to work different with Univerisity?
Both ASSIGNEE and INVENTOR be Student itself?
Well consider the case, student graduates and remembers his university using the software, which he owns (ASSIGNEE) patent and finds that its a 'teaser-time'. You wont need much imagination to come up with the things can do to earn money.
When at University and while working as student, I think it is a safe measure to either.
a) Student(s) - Inventor(s) and Univ - ASSIGNEE
b) Student(s) - Inventor(s) and Student(s) and Univ - ASSIGNEE.
I personally prefer option b) and I think this is what the articles and comment wish to suggest as how things should be.
