{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-46.16.100","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 46.16.100","heading":"Patents.","body":"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.","path":["Title 46. Water, Air, Energy, and Environmental Conservation.","Chapter 16. Management and Use of Water in Mining."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#46.16.100","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:44Z","sha256":"47683a329f5ef0e65a0c3dc067e6a808986ad0e50ca93a3cdcdd88bcc6aad6f8","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-46.16.090","next":"us-ak/as-46.17.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}