Procedure for Reporting Inventions. All employees of the University, all non-employees who use University research facilities and those who receive grant or contract funds through the University shall promptly report and fully disclose any ideas for and/or reduction to practice of a potentially patentable invention or discovery to the PCC. The following procedure shall apply to such report and disclosure: 4.1 The report and disclosure shall be submitted in writing at the earliest opportunity to the PCC and shall include a written statement certifying whether the potentially patentable invention or discovery was the result of private research done independently of any contractual obligations to the University and without using University equipment, staff, facilities or funds, or whether it was the product of research done with the benefit of such assistance or with the aid of any outside research sponsor. 4.2 The PCC may forward the report and disclosure to the department chair or the immediate supervisor of the employee for evaluation. The departmental head or immediate supervisor to whom the report and disclosure are submitted shall review them and shall forward them to the PCC within THIRTY days after receipt, together with a written opinion regarding the accuracy of the originator's statement submitted pursuant to Paragraph 3.1 and the reasons for such opinion. 4.3 The Chairman and members of the PCC shall take adequate steps to assure and preserve the confidentiality of all invention disclosure documents. 4.4 The originator shall be notified of meetings of the PCC and may attend the meetings at which her/his report and disclosure will be considered. 4.5 The PCC shall within ninety days of the submission of the report, disclosure and required statement notify the President of the University, or a designated agent, the originator and the departmental head or immediate supervisor of its decision with respect to the disposition of the matter and the respective rights or equities of any interested parties. 4.6 The President or designated agent may overrule in writing the decision of the PCC, but failing such action within THIRTY days of submission of the decision to the President or such agent the decision of the PCC shall be binding on all parties, unless appealed within that time. 4.7 The originator shall be notified in writing of the final decision of the University.
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