Discussion on question by SS23: My research paper filed as a patent in China by my Chinese supervisor without me as inventor

@WoJ When I was a Ph.D. student, in the 90s, we had a rather elderly staff member who was referred to as Mr. instead of Dr.. The story was that he did indeed do rather important research in the 1950s that would've easily qualified him for a Ph.D., but the Ministry of Defence (who'd sponsored the research) decided that it was not in the national interest for this work to become public. Thus he was made to sign the Official Secrets Act and was never allowed to submit his thesis. To their credit, the Department gave him a job as if he had one anyway.

Please get back and update this question when you make progress. It is a very interesting case!