Sec. 10a-98b. (Formerly Sec. 10-115d). Ownership of inventions.
Sec. 10a-98b. (Formerly Sec. 10-115d). Ownership of inventions. The Connecticut State University System shall be entitled to own, or to participate in the ownership
of, and to place in the custody of the foundation to the extent of such ownership, any
invention, on the following conditions: (a) The university shall be entitled to own the
entire right, title and interest in and to any invention in category A, in any instance in
which such invention is conceived in the course of performance of customary or assigned
duties of the employee inventor or inventors, or in which the invention emerges from any
research, development or other program of the university, or is conceived or developed
wholly or partly at the expense of the university, or with the aid of its equipment, facilities
or personnel. In each such instance, the employee inventor shall be deemed to be obligated, by reason of his employment by the university, to disclose his invention fully
and promptly to an authorized executive of the university; to assign to the university
the entire right, title and interest in and to each invention in category A; to execute
instruments of assignment to that effect; to execute such proper patent applications on
such invention as may be requested by an authorized executive of the university, and
to give all reasonable aid in the prosecution of such patent applications and the procurement of patents thereon; (b) the university shall have the rights defined in subsection
(a) of this section with respect to inventions in category B, to the extent to which an
employee has or employees have disposable interests therein; and to the same extent
the employee or employees shall be obligated as defined in said subsection (a); (c) the
university shall have no right to inventions in category C, except as may be otherwise
provided in contracts, express or implied, between the university or the foundation and
those entitled to the control of inventions in category C.
(P.A. 79-202, S. 3; P.A. 82-218, S. 39, 46; P.A. 91-256, S. 57, 69.)
History: P.A. 82-218 replaced "state colleges" with "Connecticut State University" pursuant to reorganization of higher
education system; Sec. 10-115d transferred to Sec. 10a-98b in 1983; P.A. 91-256 made a technical change.