In general, when we develop technologies our intent is to make it available to any Canadian firm that can make use of it. We retain ownership of the technology and we license it on a case-by-case basis to other firms.
In other instances—and this is more of a general comment on intellectual property—where we've shared the risk and the cost of doing the R and D, we would actually be more open to other ways to deal with the IP.
It's rare that we would assign the IP or transfer the IP to another firm, but we would in some cases give an exclusive licence for work in a specific area. That still reserves the opportunity for NRC to create benefits for Canada by licensing the technology in other areas outside of the core business of our original partner.