Who owns an invention developed at NDSU and any patent that may issue from the invention?

As per NDSU Policy 190, intellectual property developed by employees of NDSU is assigned to the university. If a decision is made to protect the intellectual property, NDSU assigns its rights in the intellectual property to the NDSU Research Foundation which coordinates the patent prosecution and markets the IP to potential licensees.

NDSU, as most other universities, follows the tenant that ownership follows inventorship. In the event that NDSU personnel work with individuals outside the university on an invention, then ownership of the invention will follow inventorship (i.e. anyone with an inventive contribution to a claim in an issued patent (or their assignee) will own an equal, undivided share of the patent rights).