The incentives are quite soft. You get a “good job” email from your boss and maybe your boss’s boss. But nothing else. (8 years at Amazon, and 5 granted parents — I’m embarrassed to admit!)

They were going to be useful for my immigration visa renewal though. My L1 renewal got stuck with a request for evidence, and the lawyers thought that patents are excellent evidence of outstanding ability to the eyes of the gov. Eventually I got my green card before my L1 evidence got processed, so I didn’t get to see if that would have helped.

They already have a facial recognition service.