What are my obligations with respect to the NRC’s intellectual property if I choose to leave the NRC?

Post-employment: The NRC Post-Employment Guide reminds employees to protect the intellectual property of the NRC and its clients.  NRC employees must also abide by the Public Servants Invention Act and the NRC’s intellectual property policies, guidelines and practices. What this means is that all intellectual property created by an employee or other person who works for the NRC (as defined in the Policy on Conflict of Interest), while acting within the scope of their duties or employment, or made by a public servant with facilities, equipment or financial aid provided by or on behalf of the NRC or that resulted from or is connected with their duties or employment, will be owned by the NRC under the National Research Council Act. Employees have a legal obligation to disclose any invention to the NRC within a Form 1, regardless of where or how they conceived an invention, including while on leave with or without pay or as part of adjunct professorship duties. This may include improvements or modifications to an employee’s personal IP.