A person who applies for a grant under this chapter shall assign to the state the right to patent any patentable process developed as a result of a grant under this chapter. The department making the grant shall seek to patent any patentable process developed as a result of a grant under this chapter. The state shall license without cost to a person engaged in placer mining in the state the right to use in the state a patented process that was developed as a result of a grant under this chapter.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation
Chapter 16. Management and Use of Water in Mining
Sec. 46.16.010. Mining water use review committee established.
Sec. 46.16.020. Membership of the review committee.
Sec. 46.16.030. Responsibility of the review committee.
Sec. 46.16.040. Responsibility of commissioner of natural resources.
Sec. 46.16.050. Responsibility of commissioner of environmental conservation.
Sec. 46.16.060. Uniform regulations.
Sec. 46.16.070. Innovative gold recovery demonstration grant program.
Sec. 46.16.080. Innovative pollution control demonstration grant program.