The study involved data - logging
of three conventional gasoline - powered light -
duty vehicles and three electric vehicle alternatives during the
course of normal fleet service for one year, and then conducting a comprehensive life cycle analysis
of the cost
of ownership based on the data gathered.
Section 39
of the Patents Act 1977 (PA 1977) automatically vests an invention made by an employee in his employer if the employee made the invention during in the
course of his
normal duties, whilst carrying out
duties specifically assigned to him or whilst carrying out
duties whose nature imposed an obligation on him to further the interests
of the employer's undertaking.
(a) malfunction
of mechanical equipment and recreational apparatus under the control
of or maintained by the operator, including vehicles, other than that resulting from misuse by a user; (b) unsafe operation
of mechanical equipment or recreational apparatus, including vehicles, by the operator or its employees; (c) unsafe aspects
of the structure and condition
of an indoor recreational facility that directly affect the safety
of users when actually engaged in a recreational activity for which the recreational facility is designed or intended; (d) failure by the operator
of an outdoor recreational facility to maintain commonly accepted conditions or standards
of demarcation, signage, lighting, and monitoring
of user activity, for outdoor recreational facilities
of comparable size and type; (e) unfitness for
normal use, at the time
of supply or rental,
of equipment or apparatus supplied or rented for use in connection with a recreational activity; (f) conduct
of the operator's employees, acting in the
course of their employment, that results in personal injury to or death
of a user from the sources
of risk referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e); (g) breach by the operator, or by an employee
of the operator,
of a specific statutory
duty or regulatory requirement relating to safety in a particular recreational activity.