Copyright Transfer Agreement
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The undersigned author has submitted a manuscript entitled:	

 (the "Work") for publishing in one of the Trans Tech Periodicals published by Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Kreuzstrasse 10, CH-8635 Zurich-Durnten, Switzerland.
A.	The author transfers to Trans Tech Publications Ltd. (the "Publisher") during the full term of copyright, the exclusive rights comprised in the copyright of the Work, including but not limited to the right to publish the Work and the material contained therein throughout the world, in all languages and in all media of expression now known or later developed, and to license or permit others to do so.
B.	Notwithstanding the above, the author retains the following:
1.	Proprietary rights other than copyright, such as patent rights
2.	The right to make copies of all or part of the Work for the author’s use in classroom teaching
3.	The right to use, after publication, all or part of the Work in a book by the author, or a collection of the author’s work.
4.	The right to make copies of the Work for internal distribution within the institution which em-ploys the author.
5.	The right to use figures and tables of the Work, and up to 250 words of text, for any purpose.
6.	The right to make oral presentations of material from the Work.
The author agrees that all copies made under any of the above conditions will include a notice of copyright and a citation to the Publication.
C.	In the case of a Work prepared under U.S. Government contract, the U.S. Government may reproduce, royalty-free, all or portions of the Work and may authorize others to do so, for official U.S. Government purpose only, if the U.S. Government contract so requires. A copy of the contract must be attached.
D.	If the Work was written as a work made for hire in the course of employment, the Work in owned by the company/employer which must sign this Agreement in the space provided below. In such case, the Publisher hereby licenses back to such employer the right to use the Work internally or for promotional purpose only.
E.	The author represents that the Work is the author’s original work. If the Work was prepared jointly, the author agrees to inform the co-authors of the terms of this Agreement and to obtain their permission to sign on their behalf. The Work is submitted only to this , and has not been published before. (If excerpts from copyrighted works are included, the author will obtain written permission from the copyright owners and show credit to the sources in the Work..) The author also represents that, to the best of his or her knowledge, the Work contains no libelous or unlawful statements, does not infringe on the rights of others, or contain material or instructions that might cause harm or injury.
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Note to U.S. Government Employees
A Work prepared by U.S. federal government employee as part of his/her official duties is called a "U.S. Government work", and is in the public domain in the United States; in such case, Paragraph A above applies only outside the United States. Please attach a copy of any applicable policy of the author’s agency.
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