Article 24 - Patents

The Employer has no claim in respect of rights in any invention developed without the use of University facilities, support personnel or services and on the employee's own time.

Each employee is required to give the Employer notice of any patent application made by the employee together with a statement as to whether, in the employee's opinion, University facilities, personnel or services have been used in the development of the patent.

The Employer and employees shall be bound by the terms of the "Memorandum of Agreement" that is currently in use at the University concerning their respective rights in any invention produced by an employee as a consequence of activity that was part of the employee's assigned duties. By mutual agreement, the Union and the Employer may amend the "Memorandum of Agreement" that is currently in use.

By mutual agreement, an employee and the Employer may enter into an individual agreement concerning their respective rights in any invention produced by an employee as a consequence of activity that was not part of the employee's assigned duties, according to the "Memorandum of Agreement" presently in use at the University or amended by agreement between the Union and the Employer.