A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide that any provision in any law, regulation, or contract which requires an employee to assign all his rights in certain patentable inventions to the employer is void.

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Declares any law, regulation, or contract requiring an employee to assign to his employer all patent rights to any invention of the employee void unless the invention (1) was made by an employee while performing compensated services, (2) specifically relates or grew out of work performed by the employee for the employer, or (3) was made with the use of the employer's materials or facilities.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 2 March 1977

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