text: find who owns a patent?   if you have the patent nbr then look it up at the uspto:  http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/srchnum.htm eg: us patent 5,146,634  look for the inventors label.  keep in mind that the inventor may work for a corp who really owns the patent.  if you dont know the patent nbr you can use the site to search for keywords and find it. http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/search-adv.htm  if it is a foreign patent there is a good chance you can find it using the epo website. http://www.european-patent-office.org