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pcrh 6 hours ago

Inventorship of patents has a clear legal basis, and is quite different from the basis of scientific authorship.

The system disincentifies adding "ghost" inventors since incorrect listing of the inventors can invalidate a patent.

So, yes, it's likely that the patent attorneys hired by Stanford advised that only Page should be listed as an inventor. Stanford gets its money via the assignment, not the inventor list.