Invention developer means a person who performs invention development services in this state or offers, through any means of communication, to perform invention development services in this state. However, an invention developer does not include the following:
Invention developer means an individual, firm, partnership, or corporation, or an agent, employee, officer, partner, or independent contractor of one of those entities, who:
Invention developer means an individual, firm,
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Invention developer means any person, and the agents, employees, or representatives of the person, that develops or promotes or offers to develop or promote an invention of a customer in order that the customer's invention may be patented, licensed, or sold for manufacture or manufactured in large quantities, except the term does not include:
a. A partnership, corporation, or limited liability company when all of its partners, stockholders, or members are licensed by a state or the United States to render legal advice concerning patents and trademarks, or a person so licensed.
b. A department or agency of federal, state, or local government.
c. A charitable, scientific, educational, religious, or other organization described in section 170(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
d. An entity that does not charge a fee for invention development services.
e. An entity whose gross receipts from contracts for invention development services do not exceed ten percent of its gross receipts from all sources during the fiscal year preceding the year in which any contract for invention development services is signed.
f. A partnership, corporation, or limited liability company that accepts technology from institutions of higher education and other state and federal research institutions for evaluation and the providing of marketing services. For the purposes of this subsection, "fee" includes any payment made by the customer to the entity, including reimbursements for expenditures made or costs incurred by such entity, but does not include a payment made from a portion of the income received by a customer by virtue of invention development services performed by the entity.
Invention developer means any person who offers to perform or performs for a customer any invention development services. "Invention developer" does not include any of the following:
Invention developer means any person,
Invention developer means any person, firm, corporation or association and the agents, employees or representatives of the person, firm, corporation or association which develops or promotes or offers to develop or promote an invention of a customer in order that the invention of the customer may be patented, licensed or sold for manufacture or manufactured in large quantities. The term "invention developer" does not include:
Invention developer means a person who performs invention development services in this state or offers,
Invention developer means a person who performs invention development services in this state or offers, through any means of communication, to perform invention development services in this state. However, an invention developer does not include the following:
a. A person licensed by a state or the United States to render legal advice, if the person acts within the scope of the license. However, if the person is a corporation, all of its stockholders or members must be licensed. If the person is a partnership, all of its partners must be licensed.
b. A department or agency of a federal or state government.
c. A political subdivision.
d. A nonprofit organization registered pursuant to state law.
e. A charitable, scientific, educational, or religious organization registered pursuant to state law.
f. A person who does not charge a fee for invention development services.
g. A person who provides researching, marketing, surveying, or other kinds of consulting services to professional manufacturers, marketers, publishers, or others purchasing such services as an adjunct to their traditional commercial enterprises.
Invention developer means any person and any agent, employee, officer, partner, or independent contractor thereof, who is not a registered practitioner and who advertises invention development services in media of general circulation or who enters into contracts for invention development services with customers as a result of such advertisement. . . . “Invention development” means evaluation, perfection, marketing, brokering, or promotion of an invention on behalf of a customer by an invention developer, including a patent search, preparation of patent application, or any other act done by an invention developer for consideration toward the end of procuring or attempting to procure a license, buyer, or patent for an invention.