Student Handbook - Southern University New Orleans

Student - Any full-time or part-time graduate or undergraduate student, regardless ofwhether the student receives financial aid from the University or from external sources. It is theresponsibility of the students who are also employees of other outside entities to resolve any conflictsbetween this policy and provisions of agreements with their employers prior to beginningany undertaking at the University that will involve the development of Intellectual Property.Tangible Research Property - Research results in their physical form, and includes, but is notlimited to, data, notes, workbooks, software, biological organisms, chemicals, materials, compositionsof matter, instruments, machines or devices, drawings, and other property that can be physicallydistributed. Tangible Research Property may also be Intellectual Property.Use of Institutional Resources - The extent to which the creator or inventor directly or indirectlybenefited from university materials, equipment, facilities, staff, funding, material support, and other, asdefined by the university attorney and by the Intellectual Property Committee. However, the mereuse of an University office does not constitute "use of University resources."University - Refers to the Southern University System which includes the following campuses:Southern University and A&M College at Baton Rouge (SUBR); Southern University atNew Orleans (SUNO); Southern University at Shreveport, Louisiana (SUSLA); Southern UniversityLaw Center (SULC); and the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center(SUAREC).University Resources - All tangible resources, including facilities, provided by the University toauthors, creators, and inventors, (originators) ) including, but not limited to, office, laboratory, andstudio space and equipment; computer hardware, software, and support; secretarial service; research,teaching, and laboratory assistants; supplies; utilities; funding for research and teaching activities,travel; and other funding or reimbursement. "University Resources" do not include salary, insurance, orretirement plan contributions paid to, or for the benefit of the author, creator, or inventor.140