Arkansas § 15-4-1402 - Definitions.

§ 15-4-1402. Definitions.

As used in this subchapter: “Center” means the Center for Prototype Development and Emerging Technologies to be developed and operated by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock; “Commercial state” means the point at which a product has been developed beyond the theoretical and prototype stage and is capable of being manufactured or practiced commercially; “Gross sales revenues” means all revenues or anything of value received by any person from the sale of a proprietary product; “Intellectual property” means patents, copyrights, or trademarks acquired pursuant to federal or state law or applications for patent or for copyright or trademark registration; “Inventor” means any person who conceives a new concept which may result in a proprietary product; “Person” means any individual, sole proprietor, partnership, or corporation; “Product” means any device, technique, process, item of manufacture, composition of matter, or work of authorship; “Product development plan” means a plan prepared by the center for developing a product to the commercial state; “Proposal” means a plan provided by the inventor which includes technical and descriptive information on a product; “Proprietary product” means a product patented, copyrighted, or trademarked pursuant to federal or state law or for which an application for patent or for copyright or trademark registration is pending; and “Royalties” means all things of value received by an inventor in connection with the licensing of a proprietary product or the assignment, sale, or licensing of intellectual property.