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As a recent college grad working at a tech startup, I want to make sure I am not accidentally assigning my personal app ideas to my employer. How do I review my employment contract to figure out what intellectual property belongs to me versus the company?

ChatGPTgpt-63 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
As a recent college grad working at a tech startup, I want to make sure I am not accidentally assigning my personal app ideas to my employer. How do I review my employment contract to figure out what intellectual property belongs to me versus the company?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Georgia employee invention assignment agreement law employee inventions statute intellectual property employment contractGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
U.S. Copyright Office work made for hire employee scope of employment circularGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDDefinition
USPTO patent ownership employee invention assignment agreement inventor ownershipGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason

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Query classes

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ChatGPT real searches (3)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequenceReason67%Definition33%InstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
Georgia employee invention assignment agreement law employee inventions statute intellectual property employment contract Google ↗
U.S. Copyright Office work made for hire employee scope of employment circular Google ↗
USPTO patent ownership employee invention assignment agreement inventor ownership Google ↗

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Georgia employee invention assignment agreement law employee inventions statute intellectual property employment contract
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1
U.S. Copyright Office work made for hire employee scope of employment circular
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Definition——1x
of 1
USPTO patent ownership employee invention assignment agreement inventor ownership
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1