COPYRIGHT TRANSFER AND PERMISSION TO PUBLISH— AUTHORIZATION FOR PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR IRON & STEEL TECHNOLOGY 
This form is to be completed, signed by the author or an authorized person, and returned with any paper submitted for publication (in conventional and electronic formats) by the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST). If this form is not completed, signed and returned with the paper for publication, the transfer of copyright from the author or an authorized person to AIST, as well as permission to publish, will be implied in the act of submission of the paper for publication.

Part A – Copyright Transfer
Copyright title, interest and all right in the paper named above is hereby transferred to AIST, effective when the paper is submitted for publication. This assignment and transfer apply to any other AIST publication in addition to the designated publication.
 
AUTHOR(S), OR EMPLOYER(S) IN THE CASE OF WORKS MADE FOR HIRE, RETAIN THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS: 
1. All proprietary rights, other than copyright, such as patent rights.
2. The right to use all or portions of the paper cited above in oral presentations.
3. The right to make limited distribution of the paper, or portions thereof, prior to publication.
4. Royalty-free permission to reproduce the paper cited above for personal use, or in the case of a work made for hire, the employer’s use, provided that the source and the AIST copyright are provided, the copies are not used in a way that implies endorsement by AIST of a product or service, and the copies are not offered for sale.
5. In the case of work performed under U.S. Government contract, AIST grants the U.S. Government royalty-free permission to reproduce all or portions of the paper, and to authorize others to do so for U.S. Government purposes.
 
I hereby transfer copyright, and all rights subsumed thereunder, to the paper named above to AIST, under the terms outlined above and hereby certify that I am a self-employed author or authorized by my employer to transfer copyright, and that the paper has not been previously copyrighted, published, nor submitted for publication elsewhere. Note: If a paper has been previously copyrighted, published or submitted for publication elsewhere, the author is responsible for obtained written permission from the publisher to reprint the paper, submitting the written permission with the paper to AIST for publication and citing the complete reference source of prior publication within the text of the paper submitted to AIST for publication. Failure to obtain reprint permission and provide complete disclosure of the prior published source will constitute an infringement of United States Copyright laws by the author.

If this is a work made for hire:

Part B: U.S. Government Employee Certification
Note: If this work was performed under U.S. Government contract, but you are not a U.S. Government employee, you must sign part A of this form. 
I hereby certify that all authors of the paper cited on this form are employees of the U.S. Government and performed this work as part of their employment, and that the paper is therefore not subject to the U.S. copyright protection.

Information for Authors
1. Work made for hire: If you are an employee and your paper was prepared as part of your job, the copyright to the paper belongs to your employer. If you as an author sign the copyright transfer form, you represent that you are authorized by your employer to do so and that your employer has consented to all of the terms and conditions of this form. If not, it must be signed by someone so authorized.
2. Joint authorship: For jointly authored papers, only one signature is required if all authors work for the same company; the paper thus is a work made for hire, the copyright rests with the employer rather than the individual authors, and anyone authorized by the employer may authorize the copyright transfer. When the authors work for different employers, a separate copyright transfer form must be signed by the authorized agent for each employer. When authors are self-employed, each must sign a separate copyright transfer form. Co-authors who are U.S. Government employees are not required to sign this form, but any co-authors outside the U.S. Government must sign Part A.
3. Work performed under U.S. Government contract: Authors whose work was performed under U.S. Government contract, but who are not employees of the U.S. Government, are required to sign Part A. Item 5 of Part A returns the reproduction rights to the U.S. Government when required for U.S. Government purposes, while retaining the AIST copyright protection with respect to reuse of the material by the general public.
4. AIST policy on assignment of copyright: As a convenience and courtesy to the technical community, AIST routinely grants permission upon request to authors to use, in their papers, portions of works by other authors for which copyright has been transferred to AIST. AIST reserves the right to use any parts or the entire paper in revised editions, derivative works, etc., published by the Association.
5. AIST publishing policy on presentations accepted for conferences and symposia: AIST reserves the right to publish, reproduce and display presentations accepted for conferences and symposia prior to publication elsewhere. Permission to reprint presentations from AIST publications must be obtained prior to publication elsewhere.

FOR FURTHER COPYRIGHT INFORMATION, CONTACT: Publications Department, Association for Iron & Steel Technology, 186 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale, PA 15086-7528, Phone: +1.724.814.3036