As used in this section, “invention” means any invention or discovery and is divided into the following categories: (1) Any invention conceived by one state employee solely, or by state employees jointly; (2) any invention conceived by one or more state employees jointly with one or more other persons; (3) any invention conceived by one or more persons not state employees. The state shall be entitled to own, or to participate in the ownership of, and to place in the custody of the state to the extent of such ownership, any invention on the following conditions: (A) The state shall be entitled to own the entire right, title and interest in and to any invention in category (1), 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 state, or is conceived or developed wholly or partly at the expense of the state, 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 state, to disclose his invention fully and promptly to an authorized executive of the state; to assign to the state the entire right, title and interest in and to each invention in category (1); 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 state, and to give all reasonable aid in the prosecution of such patent applications and the procurement of patents thereon; (B) the state shall have the rights defined in subsection (A) of this section with respect to inventions in category (2), to the extent to which an employee has or employees have disposable interest therein; and to the same extent the employee or employees shall be obligated as defined in said subsection (A); (C) the state shall have no right to inventions in category (3), except as may be otherwise provided in contracts, express or implied, between the state and those entitled to the control of inventions in category (3). This section shall not apply to employees or inventions covered by sections 10a-110 to 10a-110g, inclusive, or section 22-82a.
(1959, P.A. 515; P.A. 10-96, S. 1; P.A. 14-122, S. 65.)
History: P.A. 10-96 exempted employees or inventions covered by Sec. 22-82a; P.A. 14-122 made technical changes.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 4 - Management of State Agencies
Chapter 48 - Organization of State Agencies
Section 4-38c. - Departments within the executive branch.
Section 4-38e. - Receipt of federal aid by successor agency or authority.
Section 4-38h. - Rights of state employees unaffected by public act 77-614*.
Section 4-38i. - Collective bargaining rights of state employees unaffected by public act 77-614.
Section 4-38j. - Reports to General Assembly on program and implementation of reorganization.
Section 4-40. - Determination of salaries not prescribed by law.
Section 4-40a. - Compensation and expenses of licensing boards and commissions.
Section 4-41 to 4-50. - Regulations of state agencies.
Section 4-51. - Seals for state departments.
Section 4-52. - Trustee account defined.
Section 4-53. - Establishment of trustee accounts.
Section 4-54. - Management of trustee accounts.
Section 4-55. - Statement of trustee account operations.
Section 4-56. - Separate account for student or client funds.
Section 4-57. - Financial reports on general welfare funds.
Section 4-57a. - Activity fund for inmates. Management of fund. Correctional General Welfare Fund.
Section 4-58. - Disposition of unclaimed property in custody of heads of state institutions.
Section 4-58a. - Mutual aid fire pacts between state institutions and municipalities.
Section 4-59. - Forms of reports to state officers.
Section 4-60. - Annual reports of budgeted agencies.
Section 4-60a to 4-60c. - State Planning Council.
Section 4-60d. - Legislative Committee on State Planning and Development.
Section 4-60e. - Existing rights and duties of state agencies not affected.
Section 4-60k. - Demonstration programs.
Section 4-60m and 4-60n. - Direction of agency improvements and changes. Plan and report.
Section 4-60o. - Office of Child Day Care.
Section 4-60p. - State agencies as members of public-private consortia.
Section 4-60q. - Toll-free telephone access to state agencies.
Section 4-60t. - Posting of manuals and guidance documents on Internet web site.
Section 4-61. - Actions against the state on highway and public works contracts. Arbitration.
Section 4-61a. - Inventions and discoveries by state employees.
Section 4-61aa. - Committee to advise state Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator.
Section 4-61hh. - Volunteers in state government. Definitions.
Section 4-61ii. - Volunteer programs within state agencies.
Section 4-61jj. - Incidental benefits. Fulfillment of experience or training requirements.
Section 4-61kk. - Exemption from title 5. Compliance with regulations.
Section 4-61ll. - Benefits or reimbursements to volunteers.
Section 4-61m. - Council on Voluntary Action. Director. Duties.
Section 4-61mm. - Evaluation of volunteer program to be included in annual report.
Section 4-61nn. - Adaptation of administration of tests to needs of persons with disabilities.
Section 4-61t. - Committee on Career Entry and Mobility. Members. Duties.
Section 4-61w. - Composition of employees in career mobility program.