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Earnings for Bachur

I have an invention i would like to patent and sell. Will the earnings belong to my father being that i am a bachur and supported by him (samuch al shulchano)?

Answer:

No, your earnings are yours and not your father’s.

The halachah is that a find belongs to your father, because you are samuch on his table, and the Sages enacted that finds belong to the owner.

However, this applies to finds alone and not to income, so that the income is yours.

Best wishes.

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