subject invention
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code
Definitions from Case Law
From 563 U.S. 776 - Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. · 2011Most cited · 28 citing opinions
any invention of the contractor conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the performance of work under a funding agreement." § 201(e).
United States Code
35 U.S.C. § 201 — as used in this chapter
The term “subject invention” means any invention of the contractor conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the performance of work under a funding agreement: Provided, That in the case of a variety of plant, the date of determination (as defined in section 41(d) 1 of the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2401(d))) must also occur during the period of contract performance.