Creator:Eliot Butler
Date Created:December 16, 1977
Place Created:Provo, Utah
Keywords:patent policy
Context:letter to Tracy Hall regarding patentable work after retirement
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CAMPUS MEMORANDUM ****** BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
From......Elio.t...Butler........ To...........H.„. Tracy.Hall...................................................... Date.l6..December...l9.71..
Room No..........2.7.Q.ESC........ ...............b-41.....................................................................
RE: .Patents
I have reviewed the patent policy (Section 12.32 of the University Handbook) of the University. It appears clear to me that a faculty member, holding emeritus rank and receiving no salary or research support from the University and having only nominal use of university facilities, would retain full rights to any patents based on work done after retirement. Therefore, patentable work that you do after retirement, even though some of the research be done in space that we can make available to you, remains fully your property.
Eliot Butler Dean
CAMPUS MEMORANDUM ****** BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
From......El lot...Butler....... To..............JtL. Tracy. Hall................................................... Date.19.. D.e.cembe.r..l9.7.7..
Room No.....270. ESC.........................B-41....................................................................
Here is a memo making clear that the work you do after retirement is your property for patent purposes. I ran it by Hal Visick for his initials so there would be a little weight to the statement.
Eliot Butler
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cc: Nolan Mangelson