text: If you have the patent nbr then look it up at the USPTO:  http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/srchnum.htm\nEG: US Patent 5,146,634\n\nLook for the Inventors label.  Keep in mind that the inventor may work for a corp who really owns the patent.\n\nIf you dont know the patent nbr you can use the site to search for keywords and find it.\nhttp://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/search-adv.htm\n\nIf it is a foreign patent there is a good chance you can find it using the EPO website.\nhttp://www.european-patent-office.org