Form conformance

Does one invention-assignment form work in all 56 US jurisdictions?

Name: Does one invention-assignment form work in all 56 US jurisdictions?
Creator: OpenAgreements

Every requirement our contract spec imposes on the OpenAgreements Confidentiality & Invention Assignment Agreement (CIIAA), in every US state and territory — with the template clauses that satisfy each one, and the statute or case behind it.

Each cell is the requirement the form must meet in that jurisdiction, at the force our contract spec assigns it (MUST / SHOULD / MAY). A § marks a cell where that jurisdiction’s own statute or case law replaces the common-law baseline — hover or focus a cell for the template clauses that satisfy it and the practice note behind it.

Advisory second opinion: each jurisdiction also shows a pass count from an LLM checker (gemini-3.1-flash-lite, prompt global-checker-v1, run 2026-07-03) scoring the rendered template against that jurisdiction’s requirement set. Advisory only — the compiled matrix above is the record.

Jurisdiction	Assigns now, not laterbase: SHOULD	Stays inside state lawbase: MUST NOT	Own-time invention carve-outbase: SHOULD	Prior-inventions listbase: SHOULD	Written carve-out noticebase: SHOULD	Disclosure for reviewbase: MAY	No post-exit overreachbase: MUST NOT	Bounded post-exit helpbase: SHOULD	Signature backstopbase: SHOULD
AlabamaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
AlaskaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
American SamoaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
ArizonaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
ArkansasCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
CaliforniaCarve-out statute · notice requiredLLM check 9/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	MUST§	SHOULD	MUST§	MAY	MUST NOT§	SHOULD	SHOULD
Northern Mariana IslandsCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
ColoradoCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
ConnecticutCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
DelawareCarve-out statuteLLM check 9/9 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT§	MUST§	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
District of ColumbiaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
FloridaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
GeorgiaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
GuamUnsettledLLM check 9/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD§	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT§	SHOULD	SHOULD
HawaiiCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
IdahoCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
IllinoisCarve-out statute · notice requiredLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	MUST§	SHOULD	MUST§	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
IndianaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
IowaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
KansasCarve-out statute · notice requiredLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	MUST§	SHOULD	MUST§	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
KentuckyCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
LouisianaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
MaineCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
MarylandCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
MassachusettsCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
MichiganCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
MinnesotaCarve-out statute · notice requiredLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	MUST§	SHOULD	MUST§	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
MississippiCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
MissouriCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
MontanaUnsettledLLM check 9/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD§	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT§	SHOULD	SHOULD
NebraskaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
NevadaEmployer-owns statuteLLM check 9/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD§	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT§	SHOULD	SHOULD
New HampshireCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
New JerseyCarve-out statuteLLM check 9/9 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT§	MUST§	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
New MexicoCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
New YorkCarve-out statuteLLM check 9/9 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT§	MUST§	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
North CarolinaCarve-out statuteLLM check 9/9 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT§	MUST§	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
North DakotaEmployer-owns statuteLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD§	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT§	SHOULD	SHOULD
OhioCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
OklahomaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
OregonCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
PennsylvaniaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
Puerto RicoCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
Rhode IslandCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
South CarolinaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
South DakotaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
TennesseeCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
TexasCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
UtahCarve-out statuteLLM check 7/9 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT§	MUST§	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
VermontCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
U.S. Virgin IslandsCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
VirginiaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
WashingtonCarve-out statute · notice requiredLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	MUST§	SHOULD	MUST§	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
West VirginiaCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
WisconsinCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD
WyomingCommon lawLLM check 10/10 (advisory)	SHOULD	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD	SHOULD	MAY	MUST NOT	SHOULD	SHOULD