PrepTest 116, Section 1, Question 24
Faculty researchers, particularly in scientific, engineering, and medical(465 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(12 more words not shown)
- Aan institution in(13 more words not shown)
- Ban institution in(23 more words not shown)
- Can institution in(15 more words not shown)
- Dan institution in(14 more words not shown)
- Ean institution in(15 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We have four ownership rules to compare: the broadest institutional claim, a claim based on employment or resources, a claim based on significant resource use, and a faculty-ownership default with exceptions.
What we’re looking for
Maybe an arrangement giving ownership to an outside company wouldn't fit. That's one possibility, not a requirement. We need an arrangement outside all four rules, so let's check the actual ownership conditions in the choices.
Working the answers
- A
This fits. A maximalist institution can leave faculty owning inventions produced outside their employment and without university resources. Other less restrictive policies also allow faculty ownership in some circumstances.
- BCorrect
Faculty own every invention, regardless of circumstances. Even the faculty-oriented policy doesn't go that far: it has exceptions for public-health inventions and previously specified substantial university involvement. B instead leaves ownership with faculty in every case and gives the university a share of royalties. None of the four described rules has that arrangement.
- C
This fits the maximalist rule, which claims inventions arising from use of university resources. We don't have to force it into resource-provider's narrower significant-use condition.
- D
The faculty-oriented policy expressly makes an exception for public-health inventions. The broad supramaximalist claim also covers them. So D fits the classification, even though a faculty-friendly policy might initially make institutional ownership sound surprising.
- E
Some resource use needn't be significant use. The resource-provider policy can therefore leave some such inventions with faculty. The faculty-oriented policy also requires previously specified substantial involvement before that exception applies.
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