The patent policy applies to any inventive concept or invention that arises as a result of an employment relationship with the University or as a result of substantial use by a researcher of university resources, facilities, or information.  More detailed statements are in the patent policy.

Ownership of traditional intellectual property remains with the faculty author, as has long been the policy at CUA and most American universities.  Other than this exception for traditional faculty scholarship, the “work for hire” doctrine also applies at the university.  More information on “work for hire” can be found on the website of the Office of General Counsel at http://counsel.cua.edu. 

Non-traditional intellectual property is owned by the university.  Examples of non-traditional intellectual property includes electronic courseware, computer programs primarily created to perform utilitarian tasks, original data base design, data base driven web sites, and web pages and sites.