New UC Policy on Inventions, Patents, and Innovation Transfer

To: UC Santa Cruz Community

From: The Policy Coordination Office

Effective July 1, 2024, UC adopted the Policy on Inventions, Patents, and Innovation Transfer (pdf) to establish the University’s ownership of intellectual property, facilitate legal protection under applicable intellectual property laws, promote innovation transfer, and commit to an equitable distribution of intellectual property commercialization income.  This new policy supersedes the previous 1997 Patent Policy.

More information and guidance may be found at the Research Policy Analysis and Coordination (RPAC) website.