Tag Archives: subject invention

I want my, I want my IPA–Part I

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Gerald Barnett

From time to time advocates of the idea that Bayh-Dole vests ownership of inventions with employers argue that the intent of the law was to build off of the Institutional Patent Agreement model developed by the NIH. The IPA approach … Continue reading →

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The (f)(2) agreement that your university must require you to sign

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Gerald Barnett

[Updated for the 2018 NIST regulatory revisions.] If you are working on a grant at a university, and the grant is from the US Government, and your university has accepted a standard patent rights clause in the form of 37 … Continue reading →

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How is a Subject Invention perhaps like a Work For Hire?

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Gerald Barnett

Bayh-Dole defines a subject invention at 35 USC 201(e) (and repeated in the implementing regulations at 37 CFR 401.2(d)) as any invention of a contractor conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the performance of work under a funding … Continue reading →

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