A patent is a legal device that protects inventors, prohibiting other persons from producing or profiting from their inventions for a defined period of time. While the patent owner holds certain exclusive rights to make and market the invention, the owner is entitled to transfer those rights to another party by way of an assignment.

This form can be used in the following provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan and Yukon.