The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 grants universities the right to elect to take title in any patent application and patent that was made by their researchers with the support of the Government, e.g., NIH. 35 USC s. 200 et seq. This clears the path for universities and other non-profit institutions to license the patents, potentially exclusively, [...]
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