Professor Johnson was working with his student, Kennedy, on a new ceramic compound in the field of superconductivity. Professor Johnson strongly encouraged Kennedy to continue his research and insisted that he would secure the patent on the new compound in both of their names. Kennedy found his professor to be highly influential to his academic success and continued to conduct the research. Once the patent was issued, Kennedy realized that it was his work and inventiveness that had resulted in the new compound, not his professor's work. In this case, the court would likely find that $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$