2005 Minnesota Statutes - 116J.987 — Definitions.

     116J.987 Definitions. 


    Subdivision 1.    Application.  The definitions in this 
 section apply to sections 116J.987 to 116J.990. 


    Subd. 2.    Board.  "Board" means the Board of Invention.


    Subd. 3.    Commercial invention.  "Commercial invention"
 means new and useful processes, machines, manufacturing 
 procedures, or any new and useful improvements or applications 
 of commercial inventions, regardless of whether or not the 
 invention is patentable. 


    Subd. 4.    Invention.  "Invention" means creative 
 activity resulting in new and potentially useful and applied 
 products or ideas of commercial and social merit.  Invention 
 includes commercial and social inventions. 


    Subd. 5.    Social invention.  "Social invention" means 
 new procedures, new uses for known procedures, and organizations 
 that change the way in which people relate to their environment 
 or to each other. 


    HIST: 1993 c 369 s 50