The University of California Office of the President invites comments on a proposed Presidential Policy on Inventions, Patents, and Innovation Transfer. Revisions to the existing UC Patent Policy are in response to the Regents Policy on Innovation Transfer & Entrepreneurship, which provides responsibility, authority, and accountability for innovation transfer and entrepreneurship generally reside within the campuses. The revisions include the following key changes:
- Gives campuses authority over innovation transfer and intellectual property related decisions,
- Addresses unpatentable innovations of interest to extramural sponsors and licensees that can generate commercialization income, and
- Renames the policy to the Policy on Inventions, Patents, and Innovation Transfer.
The full text of the draft policy is available online.
Comments may be submitted to the Policy Coordination Office at pco@ucsc.edu by close of business May 31, 2023.
