GroundRules
AS 46.16.100: Patents.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation.
- Chapter 16. Management and Use of Water in Mining.
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.
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