Elate used in a sentence

How to use Elate in a sentence as a verb

>.... except for those inventions that ... [r]elate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer's business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employerSeems pretty clear on the "similar business" front.

I feel it is very difficult to change how the internals of a person work, reading a book will definitely push you in the right direction, motivate you, elate you, change your mental models[0].