OAR 291-119-0015: Resources

(1) Any inmate may patent, copyright, publish, exhibit, sell, or otherwise dispose of his/her invention(s), manuscript(s), and/or documents, providing the material utilized in its production is the property of the inmate. (2) Equipment, supplies, and other resources that are the property of the State of Oregon cannot be utilized in the production of items offered for sale or other disposition by the inmate, except as may be authorized by other Department of Corrections rule and/or procedure. (3) Before attempting to patent, copyright, publish, exhibit, sell, or otherwise dispose of an invention, manuscript, or composition, an inmate shall obtain a written statement from the functional unit manager or designee, that the item(s) to be so used or disposed of is, to the best knowledge and belief of the manager, the property of the inmate, and not of another person within the facility.